Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a9da7e3e6c8bb30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB Created: 2021-05-23 21:53:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: d48618d9a1a1f3e398a31b0c1931bddf SHA-1: 22ff375d3dc3c177a685d6ec43fd668796b2f1bd SHA-256: 0a9da7e3e6c8bb306d32f7ce2edfdc2f88cef904de958329361ccf5af862fce2
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and infrastructure, disguised as a "free generator / game hack" lure. The document body and heuristics indicate a clear intent to trick the user into clicking these links, likely leading to further malware or phishing attempts. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8068

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-please-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://ines.co.rs/images/how-to-get-free-coins-on-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ines.co.rs/images/coin-master-free-spin-whatsapp-group-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ines.co.rs/images/apps-to-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ines.co.rs/images/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-android-device_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ines.co.rs/images/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off000033a5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33A5 26748 bytes
SHA-256: 730d424bd04ee8f9d25cd849914a543df807348c39de387ced720df659c8725a
font_01_sfnt_off0000707e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x707E 2912 bytes
SHA-256: 02b35010e2614e3cc95ac6414c49295350c91fdfcc4b4cad27ffdbc10e80df7f
font_02_sfnt_off00007a7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A7B 18472 bytes
SHA-256: a4143b220e35e332e52efa777ecf598d1a164c1d6c5ab1887881bf2674d2e637