Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcbc1db9a124bb55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.3 KB Created: 2021-05-16 01:05:20 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: b4b5f6a5dfee6f943856a6e4dacffda3 SHA-1: bb1acc3311db1606224802281b2f017072673ad8 SHA-256: fcbc1db9a124bb55b027a62d379ac14cbc6890f18c520392a097d599edff1533
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a lure related to 'free Robux' and includes a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link. The embedded URL points to known malicious infrastructure, suggesting an attempt to lead the user to a site that likely hosts further malicious content or exploits. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the lure and the redirector strongly indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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/how-to-get-free-robux-on-roblox-2021-game-hack In 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_003_off00003326.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3326 27360 bytes
SHA-256: 63e89a79b357d25b64091f4bcf915292358aec39db641c0c5020d6cfbcec8d9b
font_01_sfnt_off00007314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7314 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 57ee29ca2df633c9559bea9da81b447a7ef2e0dffb4d388bdd233aaad46b31ec