Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5af93a3da3eec616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.4 KB Created: 2021-05-20 21:26:51 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: d75eb2ec4a6b8571c70626169b979540 SHA-1: e12cbc38109bebcb24e56e456d7097b311b65adb SHA-256: 5af93a3da3eec6166f5ac553487f6b7a8bd19ec05922296a675a8892efe684b9
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and infrastructure, disguised as 'game hacks' or 'free generators'. The document body and embedded links strongly suggest a lure to a malicious website, likely for malware distribution or phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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/479516143/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-edition-on-pc-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://rerempahanspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-800-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rerempahanspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-unlimited_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rerempahanspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-lost-world-2021-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rerempahanspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/play-minecraft-for-free-on-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rerempahanspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-just-enter-username_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
stream_002_off000033f8.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33F8 24704 bytes
SHA-256: 62664a168bab027eb41aa9317885fbccf4111aadbcca25ed848126b46b45ff3a
font_01_sfnt_off00006c37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C37 18588 bytes
SHA-256: 22ac8c3ecfb52a55793ff71594f7fcfb36c91cb725e140eddc746c1d049752ce