Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8bf7a6a5ef6f156…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.8 KB Created: 2021-05-15 17:00:43 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: dcd3d2984575bd8b9873dc525dc5f8f9 SHA-1: a63d62bd1b727d9a125e2656b98f653b29a61209 SHA-256: d8bf7a6a5ef6f1569d624f4f787de7438c2fc93eb3c0eea0df99eca28fb01f17
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains heuristics indicating it links to malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically a 'free generator / game hack' lure. The embedded URL, https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-on-roblox-2021-game-hack, is associated with this malicious activity. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely as part of a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0313

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-on-roblox-2021-game-hack In 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_003_off000031f7.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31F7 26324 bytes
SHA-256: c58d574b0b178269bbcf7ae55999e448ae89f845e7492f1ad3f626a1a045de73
font_01_sfnt_off00006d0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D0F 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 57ee29ca2df633c9559bea9da81b447a7ef2e0dffb4d388bdd233aaad46b31ec