Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb83c74024471a4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.2 KB Created: 2021-05-13 16:06:07 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 10f102b10975d3ddc8781c082d230eb0 SHA-1: 8d725071559027162bb75f89592a32f6ca936f59 SHA-256: eb83c74024471a4bb4b9576bd657bd913872ace35b8cdd6964fa9d1e365b8e54
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link disguised as a "free generator / game hack" lure, impersonating the Apple brand. The embedded URL leads to a known malicious redirector, suggesting an attempt to phish credentials or deliver a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of the execution flow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0125

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification-2021-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
  • 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/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification-2021-game-hack In 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_003_off0000324c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x324C 26304 bytes
SHA-256: 66fa7f71ed78ca5e0dc014d4dedc516ed19e3af2a234d108898a32b0fb2c221a
font_01_sfnt_off00006dc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DC8 7448 bytes
SHA-256: a76ff9b4805dcff342f7268a16e2e3c2ff2b31b96c381fe4deb6ceea777bce90
font_02_sfnt_off00007faa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FAA 19528 bytes
SHA-256: 1b346556c7df455cb9a54b8f1a6e3f1a0bfffa2d9228fa0640c35d2bdb9db684

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