Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edd13bca2c92e7d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.3 KB Created: 2021-06-04 03:17:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6a570032902d4e601cc31806eb792a00 SHA-1: fef5c3605fc0fb13a854bb7449a16f2771e825b1 SHA-256: edd13bca2c92e7d0856b31e440d7917b84f6d0d4b3dceba0e29ca84e94d829b5
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a lure related to free game currency ('Roebucks') and impersonates the brand 'Apple' to trick users into clicking a malicious link. The primary link directs to 'netcdn.online', which is flagged as malicious infrastructure and a redirector. The document body contains obfuscated text and embedded URLs, suggesting an attempt to disguise the malicious intent and potentially deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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.online/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-roebucks-in-roblox-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.online/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-roebucks-in-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/robux-hack-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-a-group-on-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/castle-black-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/40-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/free-coins-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-gold-cards-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/free-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-executor_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/promo-codes-for-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/card-hack-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/como-hackear-coin-master-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-attack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/free-links-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/minecraft-free-play-now_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
stream_004_off0000537c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x537C 24240 bytes
SHA-256: 40289a90856757ffb5e6b7b093747f34503b2e45dcf044b0e1046d3038be0e98
font_01_sfnt_off000089bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x89BF 18524 bytes
SHA-256: 6a418ba74ae5328d563bd5a35238a9b9c08fdc9000a9cbda284a157467e29bc0