Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8543acc7c21e8db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 09:15:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 569b52c6b1ed11e9609f0f3fc99febba SHA-1: d58eb27aad63cfd02938b43836ea519f09c5d0dc SHA-256: 8543acc7c21e8db0e3a8b1c748b928448f01c280d76e84cca6199649a3f52d97
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains multiple links to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, disguised as a "free Robux hack". The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for game-related cheats, which is a common pretext for malware delivery. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site for further exploitation or payload download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-hack-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-only_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-make-hack-scripts-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master--hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-and-slash-roblox-ghostemane_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-solar-tycoon-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-hack-no-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-how-to-hack-gravity-with-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/i-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-promo-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-close_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-daily-spins-from-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-hacks-bubble-gum_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-link-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-phone_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ankitabrushes.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-ninja-animation-free_GM431946152.pdfIn 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
font_00_sfnt_off000031c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31C2 22056 bytes
SHA-256: 6476ea4d76e47182f6a5613441d4868f3aaa38a59094414b9f20051a043ba351
font_01_sfnt_off000062a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62A5 19556 bytes
SHA-256: f212cd4c9928ae438aa9e71512a10d010177ec0841fcd267cfedc658cf456714