Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f50d746a088277a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.1 KB Created: 2021-05-21 06:47:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: afb0537e04733ce7382be2e015e295b3 SHA-1: 8495cfb1952350fc6c6ea98918341e6f64d6d7b5 SHA-256: f50d746a088277a3ee20070bb0d9f1f83b2a3f14017ad625f9538ce5671ca3e7
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple links to redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising 'free Robux' and 'game hacks' to lure unsuspecting users. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest an attempt to drive users to malicious sites, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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-websites-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://mtsn1sungaipenuh.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-no-root_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn1sungaipenuh.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn1sungaipenuh.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-software-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn1sungaipenuh.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-gift-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn1sungaipenuh.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-attack-madness-hack_GM406889139.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_off0000317b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x317B 24452 bytes
SHA-256: 3322dfe474aa71d86a83faaf4f5f53255f975df00753cdf9e134f57cd3922bd6
font_01_sfnt_off000069bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x69BC 18836 bytes
SHA-256: ef44fc6ccc8558fc54da3394cf76e38d99de94399ef86c3bb36f5b939f331685