Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca312cc08bc466af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 08:40:33 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fba7b54deb293f8cbf0ef941c86c7ddf SHA-1: d311ea0074711e4e0ae0400ed65754ce702655e0 SHA-256: ca312cc08bc466af964e5fa11ad85e86aaface0ddd9b2b2b36539f8665a91e8d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a lure related to 'free Robux' and 'game hacks', directing users to a malicious redirector URL. This heuristic, combined with the ML classifier, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded URLs likely serve as the initial point of contact for a phishing campaign or to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/earn-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-for-kids_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/mine-minecraft-games-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/master-coin-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-hacker-skin_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-tiktok-accounts-with-followers_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-free-online_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_off000028cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x28CD 22120 bytes
SHA-256: c839046dd9b7015688e16d624e6b3f03edbaa2ca8511e9c98d152e6dcb2059c0
font_01_sfnt_off00005a08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5A08 18428 bytes
SHA-256: ce8be1eae563149e41a2b7e5f13780d458aa554a2c2a18751dc5d40709868ea0