Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52c141ae0affa2f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.3 KB Created: 2021-07-18 23:28:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: d0f4be5fa9cefa88b9d2c8a28193029e SHA-1: 1bb4143d5492a93892ed9b4361a3477ea0d97a16 SHA-256: 52c141ae0affa2f809bdec38f6d29abcc424e470c12a0f08bf4baae3a90c9bb1
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a lure for a 'free Robux generator' and a call-to-action button, directing users to a known malicious redirector URL. This suggests a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting a potentially harmful site. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URL is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0573

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/how-to-get-free-robux-on-computer-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
font_00_sfnt_off00001e4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E4A 22168 bytes
SHA-256: de320b0c1d11e3f3aa07b0120afca3c0ab0444755f325361d70ae8715b4e3eda
font_01_sfnt_off00004f3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4F3B 18904 bytes
SHA-256: 45ab1b38094dcf93b5bcb7e9add098b6c863ed9ada52ace8b55ee9180603d92b