Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0ecff8d1caf0cba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.0 KB Created: 2021-05-21 11:00:46 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 40e1cb549f048dfd9b592e222a284407 SHA-1: ed5d18a529c9da3e854e23386dca6cbb391da513 SHA-256: f0ecff8d1caf0cba41e1757056df5294761aa3fd52af674aff4b9f035fef24e6
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising a 'free Robux generator'. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to trick users into clicking these links. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0910

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-generator-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://mi-alkhairaat.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verification-or-survey-2021_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
stream_002_off00002d33.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2D33 24692 bytes
SHA-256: 68b7eaa62180b6505a255905149a62c284fb80cd2893bda02e2bcc3d0e26e637
font_01_sfnt_off00006644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6644 18748 bytes
SHA-256: fca1806ffff7593a0a2d811b077fe14576afb362c0c2e8ffc695fbf8edc3964d