Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66d8e3cc913ecedb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.8 KB Created: 2021-05-21 18:48:54 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: c4b3cae1187f0f0edec5eec1aeadeb4b SHA-1: c81216d9f30b2f521ab4765c1586afb71246dc2f SHA-256: 66d8e3cc913ecedb7e5f6e1a43c740d607233de1fd8b94e7370629f71474668d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded links and a prominent call-to-action button, all directing users towards a 'free generator' or 'game hack' lure. The primary malicious link, https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-stream-game-hack, is associated with known malicious redirector infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate a social engineering attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7540

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-stream-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-apk_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/freespinandcoin-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-tool_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/optifine-mcpe_GM479516143.pdfIn 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_002_off00003544.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3544 25348 bytes
SHA-256: 15de01e415a5495c1976ef61d7fc301d7958abe79c497b81263b4a97c59b886c
font_01_sfnt_off00006f64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F64 2852 bytes
SHA-256: e9630f3bb738ae3bc329a423cf069c8035d70ce2227e3557c42815f85ad3284f
font_02_sfnt_off00007926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7926 18608 bytes
SHA-256: d58c1050c241e8596ad00b07d95ef71c6ad75f8aac12cbee34afc6366c1e008e