Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d994a26aa378148b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.6 KB Created: 2021-05-15 22:31:51 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 9597e481a39ed25b0c597936bd170925 SHA-1: 1e86efea15ec39d38dbd3eedc3eac9b459dfb05f SHA-256: d994a26aa378148b8c0fcde5706b194754062d74b55c5899a50a218c0ad237ac
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising a 'free Robux generator' or 'game hack'. The presence of a call-to-action button further supports the lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0312

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/free-robux-com-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_off000033b1.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33B1 25828 bytes
SHA-256: 55707ef65583a382a5eba77ed441e0208588fce2a2a724925210097342057216
font_01_sfnt_off00006dc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DC2 18276 bytes
SHA-256: d7491fe45cc88596c87233a963b6162720bf27c142cea717df16fbc09fa29ea6