Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb5e7a45e5c2ad19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.6 KB Created: 2021-05-14 15:32:59 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: affe0511a16caeee44c74dd6718a4a28 SHA-1: c71f50e4827739a1a0fb4b64b16a86be07f87e2f SHA-256: cb5e7a45e5c2ad19da5fcd6e69c77320535a215b6bd3ba2a0d6300aeede45aab
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating a malicious redirector lure, specifically promoting a "free generator / game hack" for Robux. The embedded URL leads to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body text and embedded artifacts reinforce the lure, aiming to trick users into visiting the malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0115

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-without-human-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00003623.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3623 26248 bytes
SHA-256: ff179b53fb5403b0bec6bdd8dcd8ee0829ea1fd919a40b99d0fc30934ebf3f5e
font_01_sfnt_off000072ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x72ED 2984 bytes
SHA-256: 889cfc2fd0afa9ea114d6666204c6ce0548d0aae2cba345827d317498c4c06bc
font_02_sfnt_off00007d14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7D14 5596 bytes
SHA-256: 9a13c2580265a78e8a7257496a31ee0055738af7e20a5661c2902efe4bf05ce5
font_03_sfnt_off000089bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x89BC 19388 bytes
SHA-256: c7994a70f951e7a274445218605a0e5dad46067da7d3a89c75279f94e76bcfde