Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c48d0ed012b271cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB Created: 2021-05-21 08:17:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 8cf8c107d318956e532628bfe4f24445 SHA-1: 64b4e7d641136349cce997724d02d33bec5980de SHA-256: c48d0ed012b271cc2afdc100d19e54a552539cc3a9709f856e27707728c83a4c
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links disguised as generators or hacks for popular games, such as Roblox and Coin Master. One critical heuristic identified a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/can-you-give-me-free-robux-game-hack'. The document body also contains similar lures and a call-to-action phrase, indicating a social engineering attempt to trick users into visiting malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the lure suggest a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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/can-you-give-me-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://asiavisiontreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiavisiontreks.com/userfiles/files/cm-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiavisiontreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-unlimited-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiavisiontreks.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-without-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiavisiontreks.com/userfiles/files/link-for-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003490.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3490 25464 bytes
SHA-256: 0e5865a1f9d07ecd7294a131d6cbe35bde8e2774072f55d0c759514d058f0ed9
font_01_sfnt_off00006f77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F77 2888 bytes
SHA-256: dcdd98ee8e25436a83587ccb4027347dd2c3fcec95f3413942edd4086125bcca
font_02_sfnt_off0000794a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x794A 18836 bytes
SHA-256: f7ef8038c45e68508aae9bb0b63a3af28c92eee5ac21090050d85675c825651a