Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8b6f06fb5da8b86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.4 KB Created: 2021-05-19 03:08:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 4011ba407f980878f1f4c405bf9693ee SHA-1: a0c2e46cf511b291ed92023a63707699a8f96cf9 SHA-256: c8b6f06fb5da8b8614cefcbd30bde34faf01de7f4ae6069ad4595fdc3f3350b4
132 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document displays a fake CAPTCHA and a 'Click here to download' call-to-action, impersonating Microsoft to lure users into clicking a malicious URL. The URL 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-no-scam-game-hack' is presented as a lure for 'Free Robux No Scam'. This pattern is indicative of credential phishing or a download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

Heuristics 6

  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-no-scam-game-hack.
  • 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-no-scam-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000030c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30C1 26440 bytes
SHA-256: 062d64c019e827f6e598851eea438768aed69dec224b974af294fd9a3bd78a1f
font_01_sfnt_off00006ed0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6ED0 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_02_sfnt_off00007be2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7BE2 18500 bytes
SHA-256: b3a5a2e86a30a2234a3ee6d3c2f7de48a52411aef28342c5883490dd6d64f819