Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1553c8e52e19c9b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 13:29:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: f2aab8f1a8f13d99e6f7cb5ec5353fae SHA-1: ad37fdabc00d8f848e8dc1dd39a2ec7aabeb8cc8 SHA-256: 1553c8e52e19c9b218072f40fecf71b93ec277d4b528502533d18e41e28787a2
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting a 'free Robux generator' or 'game hack'. The document body also contains a call to action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBUX GENERATOR', further reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the lure suggest a phishing or scam attempt, likely leading to further malware download or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9532

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-robux-script-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnkotajayapura.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnkotajayapura.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-java-edition-redeem-code-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnkotajayapura.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnkotajayapura.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-for-kids_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnkotajayapura.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/create-minecraft-server-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnkotajayapura.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnkotajayapura.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/real-minecraft-for-free_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
font_00_sfnt_off00002a4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2A4F 22552 bytes
SHA-256: 81818a414e412b16d4648050ecaa554dbbc7cec4028dbd555ea3c6dffc60c462
font_01_sfnt_off00005c9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5C9B 18600 bytes
SHA-256: 0da54a24aab33e035f815f2964bc14ed5ce25f178c33b60df2181b46b282b4f0