Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4da9c6f0c4f97b39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:28:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 0af014348f2833e3ed6c056a84bc1270 SHA-1: 096020467a1adfe99f2b57873a2e304464856723 SHA-256: 4da9c6f0c4f97b394b7640492ef392439c197fd409e854da82c69bd3b33227b2
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirector lure, pointing to malicious infrastructure. The document body and embedded URLs reinforce this by advertising 'free generators' and 'game hacks' for popular games like Roblox. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or redirection attempt to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.co/app/431946152/how-to-hack-roblox-with-terminal-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-daily-fb-champion_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-clothes-girl_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-exploits-september-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-in-silver-in-treelands-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-mod-menu-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-really-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecoins-in-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-xbox-one_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/buy-robux-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-rewards-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-december-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-hair-boy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-now_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-ml_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-no-human-verification-or-survey_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_off000031ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31AB 22416 bytes
SHA-256: 197cd46458a1667f9d12913b401969d03da2ee4c31f9c437f2b923b350e66674
font_01_sfnt_off00006387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6387 19668 bytes
SHA-256: 04d7b2a3874c03b8bd6cb7f821ace30db7d8070d748514b74fc6a62e446b21f3