Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fd5f4e0ad181def…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.6 KB Created: 2021-07-20 07:12:07 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 94d76e3d576a73e8a794a1a4aebe2468 SHA-1: a7ee6a7b281cc0877132eea3365bbbe64854e0aa SHA-256: 1fd5f4e0ad181def720f8978a88faecbbcad083fbb36ec989d7493913546d06d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded links that lead to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising 'free generators' and 'game hacks' for popular games. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The document body and embedded URLs suggest a social engineering lure designed to trick users into visiting potentially harmful websites, which could lead to further malware downloads or phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/minecraft-free-unblocked-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/tiktok-free-fans_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/rbx-gg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/get-minecraft-windows-10-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/minecraft-pe-free-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/free-spins-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/how-to-get-free-robux-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.similar.com.tw/upload/files/free-robux-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn 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
font_00_sfnt_off00002f17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F17 22372 bytes
SHA-256: 36e9f379dab83e0b4a399790b0d0362751ade3c80cba7c05b6a8c94e6a533eba
font_01_sfnt_off000060d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x60D8 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 4446ec9a14b3bfac30f066e0e962bc7f96b5cea98edad6ed93b9652aaf8297cb