Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 511fdfd092314b30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2021-05-13 17:12:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 9cf9fef547b886bce0baa7db304d5e38 SHA-1: 374cbad6212f7d564fe841a99f6999e5ad7e82cd SHA-256: 511fdfd092314b30a144559f778d9fc52b3162abac9d94cadace0fbd26f39c44
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack lure, directing users to a known malicious redirector. The embedded URL and document body text reinforce this lure, aiming to trick users into visiting the malicious site. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be social engineering via a malicious link.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0265

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/coin-master-spin-hack-2021-game-hack In 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_off00003205.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3205 24604 bytes
SHA-256: aa648aafa0b6dcf0218e1f91ff6dc1fccf1dc0cca05fb5fc0954a2995c3e1fc6
font_01_sfnt_off000069b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x69B9 18296 bytes
SHA-256: eaa60ab3b9dbdc46d7aef4d77b4227c1d0aeb4180c3635ae77be6ae4ebf58c24