Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a452a8e148a0135…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.4 KB Created: 2021-06-02 05:58:29 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: d649c87292881abdf3de4c4a8437c0ed SHA-1: ba125b1232b644c687c0fa802fecf33d0c40f29e SHA-256: 1a452a8e148a01355a87e735b21b94f04fe646fcf40e52b16cdc5e6bca12cfba
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links and text that mimic a 'free generator' or 'game hack' lure, specifically mentioning 'Free Robux Promo Codes 2021'. The primary malicious link redirects to a known malicious infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate a malicious redirector designed to lead users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0280

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/free-robux-promo-codes-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00003b3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3B3B 26148 bytes
SHA-256: e94a35c74dd3a58b5425b294bbcb6bcec07b2dc830cc2709ff23de0b7f982179
font_01_sfnt_off0000770f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x770F 8132 bytes
SHA-256: e6d68e720ea5acf9dccbf7ffde18db6f65c62a99ab7725aa43e30329033a7787
font_02_sfnt_off000091fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x91FC 19004 bytes
SHA-256: 2ae4233163b81a205a597c97f5f9bceef85a21038461a0399da8d1b6d9f39b0a