Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ee18afc25d0684f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 12:11:50 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: b366a09bd8d68e6475c1644da9c3b994 SHA-1: 8694c059146f338c6c1fe99bdbd965097d301d26 SHA-256: 9ee18afc25d0684f7353a2c6ddbcc5279895ab2ea103e1ff6f33cf5b82b8072d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links, including one to a known malicious redirector at http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-free-robux-game-hack, which is presented as a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body also contains a call-to-action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBUX GENERATOR', further reinforcing the lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

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-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-015-0-apk-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-like_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/codes-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-into-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-likes-on-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dmgroupksa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.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
stream_002_off00002676.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2676 22188 bytes
SHA-256: 9dcc6070d643407640640a18b10753390b573533192d41a9ffbcfa93ce903df0
font_01_sfnt_off000057ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x57CE 18364 bytes
SHA-256: 48886b2c4c73dd223bc048e28b3998866cf0ff694000be5e1d7ea8fef4fa8f9f