Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8585e36652fd2c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 09:30:20 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cbf05322d4ca590e53402241f47ef291 SHA-1: 31fc3bbadb05f4cf8b1e19f16e079259c7dcb206 SHA-256: b8585e36652fd2c5137c3bf55490e8305690d7786e5189f08aea8517710938c8
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free generator / game hack' lures. The document body and heuristics indicate a clear intent to trick users into visiting these sites, likely for further exploitation or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector critical PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE
    PDF's clickable action targets a redirector of the form /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack — the landing-page shape of a large SEO 'free spins / generator / game hack' lure family that funnels victims through rotating disposable hosts to a malware/scam payload. The multi-link variants also trip ML/link-farm rules; this catches the single-link variants that otherwise score clean. CRITICAL on its own: the /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack path shape is unambiguous scam infra, and the host rotates so a host-list match can't be relied on.
  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/robux-today-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/ways-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-change-your-name-in-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-you-change-your-username-on-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generotor_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-send-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-earn-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-claim-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hack-no-human-verification-or-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-change-your-username-in-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux-on-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-free-gift-card-org-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-in-roblox-jailbreack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roebucks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-executor-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/comment-faire-si-on-a-ete-hack-sur-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-link-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/comapp-trekfree-coin-spindaily-link-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/www-rubux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003618.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3618 22488 bytes
SHA-256: d6dfbdb331e889c59182d72b09b406b2d033b733c482c4a86d19fbd76121a535
font_01_sfnt_off00006832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6832 18904 bytes
SHA-256: 2027c49f68bbeff3a315e031b7bcb34a95dd5d98227dd3ac67cfce58e7160adc