Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc608fae6564306f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2021-05-13 14:30:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 22032e103146c5c7e5a0bbfeffd9f6fa SHA-1: cd6f7136aae04b7e81da51d232c0506cfca13f01 SHA-256: fc608fae6564306fec8447e76b01d53c31dbab90cde8cbe4bda3231dfbd182ff
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating a malicious redirector link, specifically disguised as a 'free generator / game hack' lure. The embedded URL, https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/buy-robux-free-game-hack, is associated with known malicious infrastructure. The document body also contains explicit calls to action like 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR', reinforcing the phishing pretext.

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/buy-robux-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_off0000345c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x345C 25736 bytes
SHA-256: 38530433a224fde5446db5f46b28eeee52867d74906878850df70f1bd420fdc4
font_01_sfnt_off0000703e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x703E 18196 bytes
SHA-256: cb12c4d5dde36c76c1d8ec5571b03ead83a0fa8ffdaffe515056ff0ebc75f1e1