Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c36d5d363e65c27e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2021-05-21 18:34:57 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 99718561ca2e9313f9d1601739189979 SHA-1: bf83f3316a3a588db44f322613620bc49e2c0e40 SHA-256: c36d5d363e65c27e2edc035651ff61f6cdcec5c026213df936f0ecfd8da3c599
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple links to malicious redirectors disguised as "Free Robux Generators" and impersonates the UPS brand to phish for credentials. The embedded links lead to infrastructure known for hosting malicious content, suggesting an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or exploit. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristics indicate a malicious workflow designed to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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/free-robux-generator-for-roblox-2021-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/free-robux-generator-for-roblox-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elmin3jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmin3jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/apps-for-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmin3jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-password_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmin3jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/doctor-louie-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmin3jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-spins-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_off00002d55.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2D55 25572 bytes
SHA-256: 3e2009cd1d32a2be3f3f1b4e173c62dd70265984121eb4373e65502496c1380a
font_01_sfnt_off00006815.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6815 18820 bytes
SHA-256: ebe9c90542e8fe2fea15c90130dc88571bff9717049b6ef0e566bae53a322baf