Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fee62f9685a50bff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.9 KB Created: 2021-05-14 16:28:14 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9382eb2ed7f8d407557fdd2423cd6fac SHA-1: 3b5ba209f8d53ff3ca29730f42c5efdaf5123f9b SHA-256: fee62f9685a50bff894fbd6a24c4a60e1c7f0acc1bc4179d6584ebd8af98c8b3
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, including one identified as a malicious redirector, and others that appear to be part of a link farm for game hacks and generators. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'Roblox Robux' and URLs related to game hacks, reinforcing the lure. The presence of multiple malicious redirector links and a link farm suggests a campaign to drive traffic to potentially harmful sites, likely for malware distribution or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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/www-roblox-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/free-minecraft-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/clean-master-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/how-do-you-get-free-robux-without-doing-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/minecraft-free-download-apk-softonic_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/coin-master-free-spin-app-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/how-to-get-free-robux-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/free-robux-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/how-to-get-free-robux-instantly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/play-full-version-of-minecraft-for-free-no-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/how-to-get-a-free-dominus-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/how-do-u-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/minecraft-windows-10-hack-client-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/free-robux-websites-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/coin-master-daily-gift-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/is-minecraft-realms-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/coin-and-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/coinmaster-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbq6amdnuk.xn--p1ai/images/coin-master-free-spins-and-chips_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_003_off00004a94.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A94 24092 bytes
SHA-256: 38e02e690dc046d929e6270f73a8a9901ec55fffed26b50926f58fb63d94396c
font_01_sfnt_off00008120.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8120 18284 bytes
SHA-256: 78b116fa1ee868f0b0d7434088deeaef50c2dd7920df139fcc6e1eb836a1517c