Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 697ef94220dc5b98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.8 KB Created: 2021-05-16 15:30:18 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 2894475eca728ecab3085d821628aaf4 SHA-1: a938738e4e5f3629ac8ea5031b4b94e063e6e2f3 SHA-256: 697ef94220dc5b985144852092dd395a2207a2baab34dbb21941c4760b7f37f5
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

The PDF file contains a lure related to 'Games On Roblox That Give You Free Robux' and a prominent 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR' call to action. This lure redirects to a malicious URL, identified as a known malicious redirector infrastructure, which impersonates Apple to phish for credentials. The PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest an attempt to trick users into visiting a malicious site, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0147

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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/games-on-roblox-that-give-you-free-robux-game-hack.
  • 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/games-on-roblox-that-give-you-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_off0000393a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x393A 28232 bytes
SHA-256: 33eab683d11ac9c92b073c4fea31831081d2b0875e7c3d76d6e9c68c9e78ee78
font_01_sfnt_off00007ad6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7AD6 7420 bytes
SHA-256: 0b188308ab0e7ffce9913d63d697a586f2937cafc51a771db38e3a566cd37e24
font_02_sfnt_off00009345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9345 19240 bytes
SHA-256: 3009583106c638257969d16940e6b1d2d6c9c8cef99a9d3856a451b20885bf07