Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8230a701e3e739a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.5 KB Created: 2021-05-16 17:02:37 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 8f79f0cb906143c86aa42d109158be5c SHA-1: 242412db37b81e9b10e910095c6f576019af61b5 SHA-256: 8230a701e3e739a70c3d631ad02052203aac88af5582fa40efd00119451965e1
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to a malicious URL. The document body and metadata confirm the use of wkhtmltopdf and mention Roblox, reinforcing the lure. The embedded URL is identified as a known malicious redirector, indicating the primary goal is to lead the user to a potentially harmful site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

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/roblox-games-that-give-you-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000031ac.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31AC 24400 bytes
SHA-256: 9a204a6fce902aa85d9a9ea6aaa46a0e840bd399a99aa0eff161a7dcd300c78b
font_01_sfnt_off0000695b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x695B 3884 bytes
SHA-256: 40b61f8938bd710dc29dc58ba3fde91c245a6a69596ec569b4d27c769ca417cf
font_02_sfnt_off00007603.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7603 19240 bytes
SHA-256: af18d9cb6acc741702b59c78a5d378fdddaa2c6ad6fac2421576a1d1ac5dc213

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