Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7142f2056adc6180…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.7 KB Created: 2021-05-24 16:01:19 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 1d4a6e9f31fa5e1b6a34edbbcb72c74c SHA-1: de0a997bec47d9d147d3a8fff4198496bb2fbe7b SHA-256: 7142f2056adc6180285f300166b4c188d096b2b0b12aad1647aa7bf5a466acb5
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically a lure for "free Robux codes" and game hacks. The document body also contains a call-to-action phrase, 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR', and instructions for a password-protected archive, suggesting a multi-stage infection process where the user is tricked into downloading a payload. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics for malicious redirects and game hack lures strongly indicates a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0134

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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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-codes-no-verification-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_002_off00002dc4.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2DC4 26808 bytes
SHA-256: 030a62199374dda8341490ef45ffc7eccab1da32ad4c52b3f7abddee523218b0
font_01_sfnt_off00006a08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A08 3040 bytes
SHA-256: 5f5ba581d46e44416b5ebcd22d5549df273ae49508aaad5cd6069920532dc40d
font_02_sfnt_off0000747f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x747F 18776 bytes
SHA-256: 1501cc25bcf8c3b3bf9df14f68216c1cc39cc5b0131e4343b63bafa21afb9c06