Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5fd9c034e18d782…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.2 KB Created: 2021-06-03 11:54:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 729cfdeda4e38586e69fd461decb68b9 SHA-1: 6fcfd719dbb55a52280c3775226697b6ba093788 SHA-256: f5fd9c034e18d7822acc1d6a4cb6db676000e369eabbb0d4a23ef1c256fc695e
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to a lure for game hacks and Robux. The document body text and embedded URL reinforce this lure, directing users to a URL known to host malicious redirector infrastructure. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be social engineering via a deceptive link.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0279

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.online/app/431946152/how-to-get-20210-robux-for-free-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_off00002969.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2969 25264 bytes
SHA-256: 2e58d8c1e209f66f62a15c74e8e9faccf13a45dd0f7b95f070f46ea43e7511e4
font_01_sfnt_off00006131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6131 17916 bytes
SHA-256: deca37cce123cee3faada9151afbd012bb79f5d12f48607df7b28956eb33c997