Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bc686892c0b10ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.6 KB Created: 2021-05-19 15:34:00 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: b022ff507b57e5ea693f819ab62b051b SHA-1: a6868a681984435ab388851f3b4b401a3e727d72 SHA-256: 8bc686892c0b10ce789ef2c3b8308daa03492a05db617494661c9fcc4481a85e
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to a known malicious URL, masquerading as a "Roblox Free Robux Generator". This lure is designed to trick users into visiting the malicious site, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting. The presence of a visual download button and urgency language reinforces the deceptive nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0312

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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-free-robux-generator-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_off00003282.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3282 25800 bytes
SHA-256: 8fa90a86cd92ad64e84fc39ea8925e56ed953e0eb4b40091b4a13b94c0534d3c
font_01_sfnt_off00006d49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D49 18420 bytes
SHA-256: 9bedda8babb487e8554fc45ae48be92d4657fab6cfffaa18de719644ed37071c