Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 516c5edaad3a154b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB Created: 2021-06-03 05:37:49 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c753ab4433e8e3e04fe39c803f7f912d SHA-1: 4f79f1ea04cbda7c7c5322ab93840a8d6b9023dc SHA-256: 516c5edaad3a154bd1d2a734338b82bcf6ca8c7f924e781bb98dcf300fa44d04
74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link disguised as a game hack lure, directing users to a suspicious URL. This is a common social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting potentially malicious websites for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URI and lure suggest a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9665

Heuristics 3

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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.online/app/406889139/hack-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-game-hack PDF link annotation