Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d140cbee0dfe98f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.0 KB Created: 2021-05-18 01:02:23 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 8957ed3e57f44356dd98f1f9186b65c9 SHA-1: ba4a22070fc8420f3160568ee73f69bc6e2c397a SHA-256: d140cbee0dfe98f059422b36b75bcd91ee58a68d10d1eabdadde563453fad3e1
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a lure for free Robux, a virtual currency, and includes an external URI pointing to a potential payload. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick the user into downloading and executing a secondary malicious file, likely via a spearphishing attachment vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8948

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-no-verify-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-no-verify-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/300-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/free-coin-and-spin-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/games-that-give-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coin-and-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/static-moonactive_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-31-march-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-100-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/free-spins-coin-master-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/hacker-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/rare-free-links-to-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coin-master-email-rewards-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-no-survey-or-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-codes_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/daily-free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coinmasterfreespinlink_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-daily-link-updated_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-account_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/coin-master-2021-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.pps.uin-suka.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn 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
stream_003_off0000487c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x487C 27300 bytes
SHA-256: c7099da3697c78bc927b5f6c289b63e69cdc96da6ec503432aa3a7e5b86ab398
font_01_sfnt_off00008687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8687 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_02_sfnt_off00009399.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9399 18848 bytes
SHA-256: 9f147bd5bf62c652754f553854fad05fac0b8df637ce3021f80b740c61e7be7f