Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc8ccdcfdd0b9528…

MALICIOUS

PDF

30.1 KB Created: 2021-05-20 23:29:55 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 8c44c50b9fcae5d7c60dd2a533dc6757 SHA-1: a82486ba432766828fd28027d4f90c893c1c1a6f SHA-256: fc8ccdcfdd0b9528f8c22d512cafefe5b3f6231325acfe25263d054505be4028
152 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links, including one identified as a malicious redirector leading to a 'free Robux' lure. The document body and embedded artifacts confirm the intent to trick users into visiting these URLs, likely for further exploitation or phishing. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lure strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9785

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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-come-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.mucinvitinh.vn/public/images/image_uploads/files/free-roblox-accounts-2021-with-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mucinvitinh.vn/public/images/image_uploads/files/coin-master-hack-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mucinvitinh.vn/public/images/image_uploads/files/coin-master-free-spins-promo-code_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mucinvitinh.vn/public/images/image_uploads/files/coin-master-free-spins-1-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mucinvitinh.vn/public/images/image_uploads/files/coin-master-get-free-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003076.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3076 25344 bytes
SHA-256: c6fd801c51797d34709a2922c7aa018e11bc8ca99a70a7cdc4dd0e8f789d3501