Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51e4a58f2f3cacab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.5 KB Created: 2021-04-18 02:57:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 5f7c724a2209e540f2ea87d3e2ddaabc SHA-1: 343487cdaa091572784da16706604ed411a159bd SHA-256: 51e4a58f2f3cacabb01cea5d1a0935e770aea70ec154dff74d239e8c18b18e13
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link that is explicitly identified as a lure for a 'free generator / game hack'. This suggests the document is designed to trick users into visiting a potentially malicious website by promising cheats or hacks for a game. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lure indicate a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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
  • 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://gaminggenerator.org/app/431946152/roblox-booga-booga-fly-hack-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00003465.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3465 27140 bytes
SHA-256: 5caa5a9f8d1d579348bd9310a11df1cf287a6103966a4d858a3e4cf6e1be2d1e
font_01_sfnt_off00007121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7121 18304 bytes
SHA-256: a40740ada95add81bdccf6683d66f4077819a138601aa4b324a45f899b76a4b7