Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74a649b398340685…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.1 KB Created: 2021-05-16 13:32:41 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 37b7a8f558a28aa6b791905bc55295bd SHA-1: caee49a87bed1356fc651a5e0fae1587d1b5ba66 SHA-256: 74a649b3983406856bd56b7f2c862a2bb263be96d390fc25aeb76c6aec950d60
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack lure, linking to known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body explicitly mentions "How To Get Free Robux Hack 2021" and includes a call to action to "CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR", further supporting the lure. While no scripts were extracted, the embedded URL is the primary indicator of malicious intent, likely leading to a phishing or malware download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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/how-to-get-free-robux-hack-2021-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
stream_003_off00003250.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3250 29524 bytes
SHA-256: 786f2bf826c4e56a37fa055cb809216bcdf8e5818ba91554370d4838b4b6f6a2
font_01_sfnt_off00007531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7531 19084 bytes
SHA-256: bf126c80224e4ece1a877f3c45a4e2f725662c205f8b78a709aa4c80730d283c