Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38c01d54b404940a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.0 KB Created: 2021-05-13 01:30:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: cb51da2925e3156ef77fd9e773cf70c8 SHA-1: 6a4e6711b1307ea4ac736eae22964cacff3867d6 SHA-256: 38c01d54b404940afca9bb8922fce0699d6e7ddd7adbc4864798bb7bf1c2b55e
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious redirector links, specifically targeting users with a "free generator / game hack" lure. The embedded URL leads to known malicious infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to drive users to a malicious site, potentially for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0125

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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-free-robux-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
stream_003_off00003444.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3444 26788 bytes
SHA-256: 178ae15d6275ce242bc2884a986079b261ea014726eca3b6c7ed1d17c23d872b
font_01_sfnt_off000072a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x72A6 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_02_sfnt_off00007fb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FB8 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 3ef9e48aa3d97d4217e004f7625a8cbae9320a74231b80a01553f6433e422360

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