Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 762201aa8e19af68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.3 KB Created: 2021-05-12 08:01:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: efe7cf22c2fa22495fb46021ebbdf32c SHA-1: ecc958a6e589dabe34c50e8bcdb5f7d79fb2ceb1 SHA-256: 762201aa8e19af68e657c0e406e9320f2c64bee04e8420184da0ae8491918e23
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exploits a common lure of 'free Robux' and a fake download button to trick users into clicking a malicious URL. This URL, 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-for-kids-no-verification-game-hack', is identified as a malicious redirector. The document's structure and content strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0366

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-for-kids-no-verification-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_off00003378.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3378 40668 bytes
SHA-256: 2b999fbdcb49254ce184e5a80487bf90efb6e075c47e5f658d833c4e0419800b
font_01_sfnt_off00008ac0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8AC0 18776 bytes
SHA-256: abcd165e4b695e85902e5e0162dd8c883b494cae8faf27dbfb1f0dc34095f980