Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 362fdccba9431b07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.3 KB Created: 2021-05-23 09:13:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 802fd545f42821608af02c1f421c3caa SHA-1: 2da70456c6743dfa0b0fab3aa3b4c0ae63be0cfb SHA-256: 362fdccba9431b0731d92b2edc3e5e2fcc9347479a8f53964e0fd4b731ec3815
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically disguised as a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body also contains a call-to-action phrase, suggesting a lure to encourage user interaction. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lures indicate an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful sites, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0718

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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/479516143/is-minecraft-free-on-ps4-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://sigmaclient.info#2In PDF document text
    • https://flux.today#3In 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_002_off00002c0a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2C0A 26564 bytes
SHA-256: 56b948fcac0e9f926be03375568ef0593608a95e8f3ed58d153b8a3df8e2f7fe
font_01_sfnt_off000066a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x66A1 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 6bdb79261e2e18097973e8a24e5f78e76fe24063bf06913bb75cbf544b02b3c5

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