Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 415ae57a225602e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.0 KB Created: 2021-05-12 07:41:43 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 73b0cbdbd3e229b6844459a491f7b34d SHA-1: 06333f5b8c73171bae41c532f2672886524329ba SHA-256: 415ae57a225602e737c6bd0fb7835f884c6343779eb87328341e3eb2bfda2171
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically a lure for game hacks. The document body text and heuristic firings confirm the intent to trick users into visiting a site offering 'free Robux codes' via a generator. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

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-codes-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_off0000330e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x330E 25544 bytes
SHA-256: 38ae72b92f3e20489f24220fb6b8dacf766c620c51541cae527719b2336230bd
font_01_sfnt_off00006d30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D30 18856 bytes
SHA-256: 204886f9a3a3d456a8ba924f34e84de86e5dda13901e78a872ce278a746af401