Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8966bf0b77f0819…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 17:18:32 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: a9189b90ab07350c422748f637fa0082 SHA-1: cf274b6d700f7d80a40571ac376b7f7c82c8709b SHA-256: f8966bf0b77f081972ca41a9e2da0d5d60f30d730283d34d7d421a3e021a2cf0
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically advertising 'free generator / game hack' lures. The document body reinforces this by mentioning 'Free 2021 Robux' and embedding URLs that lead to sites offering similar cheats. This indicates a social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-2021-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-gift-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021-mac_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-book-collection_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-october-17-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/play-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-youtube_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-online-generator-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/como-tener-robux-gratis-sin-hack-ni-admin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/krnl-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-tix-accont-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-someones-account-on-roblox-2021-february-2_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-money-cheat-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/level-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/why-tiktok-free-view-bot_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-in-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-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
font_00_sfnt_off000032eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32EB 23260 bytes
SHA-256: fd4155bfee8960e43f189af96b545ab5a0817ecc218e5ead89f2ff544abb75df
font_01_sfnt_off00006775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6775 19116 bytes
SHA-256: af14d1fa5b4f919e14fbfd2207fee29f86c7e1258ad11836ead4aea48baef512