Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9c2d070e1274480…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.2 KB Created: 2021-05-11 22:32:33 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 384eab9e6db7d4a795547ea2cc9bb14b SHA-1: be475b6f6ed3ad6ebbbf8ca4e47801340727a011 SHA-256: f9c2d070e1274480ed7ed6fdbd66f34eee86c747cabd10b7a9fab680eb96becc
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to a malicious URL, masquerading as a game hack generator. The heuristic firings indicate that the document is designed to trick users into clicking these links, likely to download further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of malicious redirectors and the lure text strongly suggest a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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-hack-and-get-free-robux-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_off00003240.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3240 27468 bytes
SHA-256: 87edf8a511b0e0d30005237e76ec624e9515dd1a241cc1ece52f2f559f450c8e
font_01_sfnt_off0000720f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x720F 18856 bytes
SHA-256: d1af75e50eba08e00cb44d21026f4cdbf29920fa5250f1112d9d0eb56b6eb802