Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d6dbbb257de5b39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.0 KB Created: 2021-05-12 22:03:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: ca2ef0e8e078923ea607822a45990d04 SHA-1: 724a8ebd14882ddd097bcb22dc83375f48460aff SHA-256: 8d6dbbb257de5b39cc4dc516227b23654dde6f4546990870f9876f6b8622fc84
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, impersonating Facebook and linking to a known malicious redirector. The document body also contains the malicious URL and phrases like 'Easy Way To Get Free Robux' and 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR', reinforcing the phishing lure. The PDF's structure and embedded content suggest it's designed to exploit user interest in free game items to compromise their accounts or deliver further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/easy-way-to-get-free-robux-game-hack.
  • 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/easy-way-to-get-free-robux-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
font_00_sfnt_off000032d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32D7 26104 bytes
SHA-256: 64204c01502a0a81f6cf51084eab099211ae6e0bd0814310f3ac23e76dd44c35
font_01_sfnt_off00006da9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DA9 18724 bytes
SHA-256: ff2b5f5648817baecf5754646eae61914eefadf3856a555e8e6cbc13d6b08405

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