Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a8ebeee0ddf609f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.6 KB Created: 2021-05-14 10:06:15 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 99cb3ab5b912b1c38ca87a77bb5d963e SHA-1: 7662367ba89536271fe5b5017a5abcc0774d5747 SHA-256: 4a8ebeee0ddf609f39e78892708789b43cdff93c54652c4e025c44229bc9b992
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising free game generators and hacks. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of embedded URLs and the lure of 'free' items suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to lead users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/406889139/freespinandcoin-blogspot-coin-master-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-robux-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/no-scam-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/bloxpage-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/get-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/uprobuxcom-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-spins-and-coins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-robux-accounts-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-robux-generator-2021-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-robux-pin-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/coin-master-free-spin-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/latest-coin-master-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-not-banned_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-roblox-card_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/hack-version-coin-master-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/coin-master-daily-gifts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/coin-master-hack-2021-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.howard-avocats.com/assets/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/free-spins-october-28-2021-coin-master_GM406889139.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
stream_003_off00004ac5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4AC5 24780 bytes
SHA-256: 5c2fb19f61f3a7dabe2e94fcc4fd61ccc7c567d9be1fc7db6a6ba52ab5054935
font_01_sfnt_off00008326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8326 18636 bytes
SHA-256: 2931d6284dbf135659b140410c03fb6a10ec8e1a87db333076a10ec3316c1554