Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2bc9e45cddfa466…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.4 KB Created: 2021-05-13 00:13:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 5d6e2e2aa4e9ee885360e3eaac5830dd SHA-1: 5152ca59d7d021897ca308892d0a806bb9fc981c SHA-256: a2bc9e45cddfa466c11aae919869dc0f563235c95d4ee8d762e9ccc6484ccfd4
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to a known malicious redirector, disguised as a "free Robux" generator. The document body explicitly mentions "Free Robux With No Verification" and includes a "CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR" call to action, reinforcing the lure. The embedded links are designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites, likely for further exploitation or malware delivery.

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/free-robux-with-no-verification-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_off00003841.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3841 25332 bytes
SHA-256: f7daa7ad823a1d20f659a3df446672856356e29410f48ff0d8114c2812efa1ab
font_01_sfnt_off00007309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7309 18964 bytes
SHA-256: 882e97bebd076dae688415b0184bb224dca7d5b64082a0b27c077a0c76cfc979