Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4869c8421ad62e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:31:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9dc9fbc7ac17a0d8dabd51c99e430227 SHA-1: 30aa68c5f577e72954b2efb4e187a05001d50dea SHA-256: f4869c8421ad62e593a509bfcce940681b69399e06f3d4e0c560a95c4f9be96d
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as 'free game hacks' or 'robux generators'. The document body and heuristics indicate a fake CAPTCHA or human verification prompt is displayed to trick users into interacting with these links. The primary malicious action appears to be redirecting the user to malicious infrastructure, likely to download a second-stage payload or exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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.co/app/431946152/how-to-get-detector-robux-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/easy-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-card-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-claim-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/is-minecraft-bedrock-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-gift-card-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacking-forums-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-skins-java_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/power-simulator-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/como-conseguir-robux-con-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-gift-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/does-roblox-have-free-snakes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-32-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/promo-codes-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/rbuxcheats-club-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacks-for-roblox-jailbreak-fown_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-game-card-codes-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/red-shirt-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.tawakkal.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-hack-free-robux_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_off00002fc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2FC2 21644 bytes
SHA-256: ae5db5d6ca6349245d163e03dbfd7b3ba8ae03e9eee0466c5e051a925a24eabb
font_01_sfnt_off00005f4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F4B 19152 bytes
SHA-256: 302354ad2fa9c9a5939bd565631767618886f6448c5bb76a711dd5274af1d043