Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fba1776f6dc19149…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 12:51:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d59add8bc05d11c94f776744f30ae1e9 SHA-1: aa1d7126c28c4520ee5c1e254db8a3fdc94e3ec2 SHA-256: fba1776f6dc19149587ddc846ac295a17632efbf56b756aa43c07f308a68322b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains links to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically designed to lure users with game-related cheats and hacks. The document body and embedded links point to URLs that likely host further malicious content or phishing pages, indicating a multi-stage attack. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9962

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/406889139/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/rblx-city-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/minecraft-free-computer-game_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/minecraft-free-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/you-promised-my-son-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/free-robux-no-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/free-mods-for-minecraft-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/free-minecraft-games-for-kids_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/how-to-hack-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedaudiosystems.org/images/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021_GM479516143.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_off00002ecd.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2ECD 23436 bytes
SHA-256: 74e374b7214f1588b8b5083218550b95dabaaa5510f04bf0c477e50444c97294
font_01_sfnt_off000063ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63EF 19036 bytes
SHA-256: a1db0e26d638f2546736f1f7b434dee98a1c5e726f40723477b7c203db66759e