Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43d4fca8e8e43b57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 04:53:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: d446f274c6167c51f2960b25256a13a7 SHA-1: bd67acd19c3a03d6013030f951b02fbed85dbe4e SHA-256: 43d4fca8e8e43b57255f969130011b1688e5df63964740d7d52688f490bcb8df
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically advertising 'free Robux' or 'game hacks' to lure victims. The primary redirector URL is http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-robux-websites-2021-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering attack aimed at driving traffic to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9962

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-websites-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-promo-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-dungeons-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coins-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-iphone_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-java-edition-code-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-svg-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lifegoeson.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-verification_GM431946152.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_off00003068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3068 23088 bytes
SHA-256: 05685fe1b6161f30a4c6197e2ee704edc12dfb16fdb0fab889ee2487326179f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000643a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x643A 19024 bytes
SHA-256: b0170c17be8f23a84e249e366aa9381b6dc80aa71edc0927f4b0be829214c04c