Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8548a846be19a6ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.5 KB Created: 2021-05-20 13:34:44 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: ad26260d79ff5f6f38466309e3b4e806 SHA-1: c59e3bd37e55aff1ba127a6ae55672136634d7dc SHA-256: 8548a846be19a6ad52c26b36be682b1b399ef5ddd682091709f3325a76c72d4d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains lures related to 'Robux Hack Tools' and directs users to a malicious redirector URL. The presence of multiple links to similar game-related content suggests a phishing or scam campaign aimed at users seeking in-game currency or cheats. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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/robux-hack-tools-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.smknesbu.sch.id/repository/free-minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.smknesbu.sch.id/repository/free-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.smknesbu.sch.id/repository/free-robux-glitch-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.smknesbu.sch.id/repository/is-minecraft-java-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.smknesbu.sch.id/repository/get-free-robux-info_GM431946152.pdfIn 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_off00003373.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3373 25340 bytes
SHA-256: 831bb9341d4cab7f8ec0b5605d362f414af1a6901d9b5ef6378d715f2954374d
font_01_sfnt_off00006e77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E77 2912 bytes
SHA-256: 6e07e6753a1b7f3946429eb05e6ec352f38d71971554550c1c0ea562d62df99c
font_02_sfnt_off00007886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7886 18320 bytes
SHA-256: cf6d0fcc2a7c18e0ae1e84145e037068603b130caaef77e993c358e364abbe1e