Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9b4adf559fbeecc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.0 KB Created: 2021-05-12 17:44:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 4d51bf41f8e7f5f2424ba50d1782d6d7 SHA-1: 227c1debd2ebb2521c2c339e5c2b82376d0965e8 SHA-256: c9b4adf559fbeecc78caf9f10d590275e1880170471626eda8c1c775e188e0b1
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded links that impersonate Facebook and promise a 'Robux No Human Verification' generator, a common lure for credential phishing. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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/robux-no-human-verification-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/robux-no-human-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000340c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x340C 25296 bytes
SHA-256: 0a4878d4ade2a1a55ec6f0071c17acfc0c5228a5d08d61d23d93f8d7dad9ec1b
font_01_sfnt_off00006e02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E02 18696 bytes
SHA-256: b0b7efb10b2be72ca1f11f5058a16b7f706f868f5fc2e7590f71e4c885e22b6d

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