Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45b5a0aa10ef593a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.2 KB Created: 2021-06-08 21:47:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 0d6e3330a6a50de5d0353145b70117b0 SHA-1: 7f8cba7c5eb83515f4e0bc5c8ce103b805999a7c SHA-256: 45b5a0aa10ef593ac111e150b06813156c21ca7ce7b67969dbf463e805a9cfdb
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, disguised as a 'game hack' lure. The heuristic 'PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK' and the embedded URL strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of PDF exploits often involves embedded JavaScript for execution, hence T1059.007 is included as a likely component of the exploit chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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.tw/app/431946152/how-do-people-get-robux-without-hacking-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-arsenal-hack-script-pastebin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-but-no-surveys_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/was-minecraft-ever-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-esp_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-cards-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-minecraft-account-generator_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-coins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-free-printables_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-online-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-hack-2021-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-hack-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-without-downloading-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/2021-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/rbxoffers-earn-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/girl-roblox-avatar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/best-free-roblox-executor_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectionsuncovered.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-draw-roblox_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_off000054ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x54EC 24928 bytes
SHA-256: 83c1eae772ecb39c409c9ee598f01d4a74bac285e9c9bef535cf3e8e9c750ecb
font_01_sfnt_off00008d6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8D6F 19860 bytes
SHA-256: 00d32676c0a24e089352364a689e277aaa89bb36ab1c0037f150b10e1659a47e