Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc982c7d5364d34b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.3 KB Created: 2021-04-25 16:15:43 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 78074da5a1dab10bdf90bced9215c8c6 SHA-1: 515d205df310de58e3093cfb67e79554e7b4b0ef SHA-256: bc982c7d5364d34b83575b01957beac0b79b6db0a8150b10d229c899af58a251
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document employs social engineering by promising free game hacks and generators, directing users to a known malicious redirector. The document also contains a lure to install a browser extension or update, a common tactic for malware installation or credential theft. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest a workflow designed to exploit user curiosity and lead them to potentially harmful content or downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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.
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-boombox-games-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-boy-hosting-2-7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-bypass-2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/february-22-btools-hack-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/wall-hack-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/byfantics-com-free-robux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-yourself-on-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-earn-robux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/can-you-download-roblox-on-ps4-for-free.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/cheat-course-dobstacles-dlirante-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mismuh-kota-utara.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-synapse-x-key-roblox.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_003_off000041bc.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x41BC 26916 bytes
SHA-256: 33000afa8b9831825509d5d0d114ddf92167bfafe41b1192dea324e8229e9dd0
font_01_sfnt_off00007f70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F70 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 9bfd77140b6da7693c1e80a4d9349360274ded80dfdcb162b684b80289644533