Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 caaf1a5214510abd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 09:53:29 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 031655044d4abbdbb4f936ae894449a8 SHA-1: 821ce08a39ae0970b04f74fee351e6bb9ba635da SHA-256: caaf1a5214510abd91e2ab502ba63fe03311ff04bd7477b5262098a2659302f8
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free game hacks' and 'robux generators'. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure designed to trick users into visiting these sites, likely as part of a phishing or scam campaign. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be social engineering via deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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/free-robux-hack-no-human-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-you-get-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-texture-packs_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-links-blogger_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-online-hack-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/yammy-roblox-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/no-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/buy-robux-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey-or-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-2021-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-gratis-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-m-coins-mcpe-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-xbox_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/lazyblocks-com-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/download-minecraft-java-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/easy-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/broken-bones-4-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lanumedispa.ie/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy_GM431946152.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_off000030ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30AD 22140 bytes
SHA-256: ae2a49b1a675b611aa56990a0740d73939af298a5238101847bdceab9442aa7f
font_01_sfnt_off000061d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61D1 19504 bytes
SHA-256: eb8ce7e3da5a97c3b4f0a1013d81a421e960dbc6320d0a210e145d8bed029be0