Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0870a49afcdea15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 19:51:04 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 88ef287eebaf4bd857b6ae6becaa9903 SHA-1: 2fb5a33bc7a77602f98f0b5002839f2823ae724e SHA-256: c0870a49afcdea155efc7e7668ece53b00cc83f817bf3a97678a13c5f5d119c3
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded URLs and a "free Robux generator" lure, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The heuristic firings confirm the use of a game hack redirector and an ML classifier flagged the PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lure suggest a potential download or redirection to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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/free-robux-no-verify-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/free-followers-on-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-studio-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/free-tiktok-views-no-verification_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-apk-download-v1-144-2-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-hack-people-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarviskeller.co.uk/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-realms-free-codes_GM479516143.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
font_00_sfnt_off00002a1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2A1E 22632 bytes
SHA-256: 92957ad9783f74e1c14e966917179bcc6d639c9768cdf78ee16918e443d7e39f
font_01_sfnt_off00005ca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5CA5 19036 bytes
SHA-256: c34bf7a65760171f34da3f69298eb915a2c7f2acfe0422042ed48294a4c22706