Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f74152af592cf1e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.3 KB Created: 2021-06-03 08:39:53 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: f647e21b8bd2bd23dc23602ad425acdb SHA-1: 432723430bdb117b8f9ffc0ffd4006ae74dd9214 SHA-256: f74152af592cf1e50333c17ed69cdeda1e7c6e72c5b5a15ce49b2a1ce2976e80
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to a redirector hosted on 'netcdn.online', which is flagged as malicious and associated with game hack lures. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'free Robux' and a URL that aligns with the heuristic findings. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary attack pattern involves social engineering to trick users into visiting a malicious URL.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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.online/app/431946152/free-100-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-verify_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-shirt-templates_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-fan-page-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-2021-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/roblox-pics_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/download-coin-master-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/free-robux-hacks-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/free-robux-app-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/free-robux-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/tiktok-free-britney_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/coin-master-firebird-card-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/robuxlove-net-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/free-spins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/free-robux-com-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-cards-pin-number_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/rewardex-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/free-robux-with-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id/repository/robux-place-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekkes-tanjungpinang.ac.id//repository/free-robux-generator-no-human-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_004_off000051f2.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x51F2 25748 bytes
SHA-256: 23498c46c7d3784af8490b49a931b144212ac92173505feea631c29008bf1ffb
font_01_sfnt_off00008e55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8E55 18292 bytes
SHA-256: ade71c57547996cc2793a44f7be3e933a3a5664d4c8f362da863e6c031d51f12