Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fbfb9242fd49462…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.6 KB Created: 2021-05-15 05:40:59 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 26bfa83bd7a8dfc4049123ebacf383cc SHA-1: e0126bc34a20906da5ad3181da1c714d46c005c2 SHA-256: 9fbfb9242fd49462a58160c9e3a38ba5ea7849def68d7d88c9c307eca39df62e
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a lure for a 'free generator / game hack' that redirects to a known malicious URL. This suggests a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting malicious sites. The embedded URL and the nature of the lure indicate a likely attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or lead the user to a credential harvesting page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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/how-to-get-free-robux-instantly-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_off00003399.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3399 27020 bytes
SHA-256: bd75fbc62cd1ad2333af64244d8ecea566e993997370c57d4e83b81bc0703804
font_01_sfnt_off00007000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7000 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 19eb0a1aeef998e7db468722215b94b9b4bc3d0fba007f3cca2c49ee7cc94cee