Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c28b86b9370d19fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.2 KB Created: 2021-05-14 09:32:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: f10277bbd56f569de93a755bab108114 SHA-1: c920c63f9ef5b872f5380953bead513d9f6cc730 SHA-256: c28b86b9370d19feb7ca9654978d3e3566da0b80039de07c7fe3c436c40b2248
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to known malicious redirectors and a fake CAPTCHA lure. The primary URL leads to a "free Robux generator" scam, designed to trick users into clicking through to potentially harmful sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to exploit user interaction for malicious purposes, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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-on-roblox-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00003439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3439 24764 bytes
SHA-256: 861c25bff3a1861217e9c5b66dbae6e7a152a950a1d879ae7172990ab401de3e
font_01_sfnt_off00006c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C54 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off00007606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7606 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 57ee29ca2df633c9559bea9da81b447a7ef2e0dffb4d388bdd233aaad46b31ec

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