Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6219408ae46b4b8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.8 KB Created: 2021-05-22 02:49:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 2d8cb0199fa32bb903cfb57c2d58d94e SHA-1: 5241f15e6a42c2d7edd959a00ae47da2dcc484d5 SHA-256: 6219408ae46b4b8af4358d3a635511bc1e6e87895bd49bab69ec328a48dd320b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious redirector links, specifically luring users with promises of game hacks or generators. The embedded URLs point to known malicious infrastructure, suggesting the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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/minecraft-windows-10-free-with-java-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://heritagebanquethall.ca/images/minecraft-com-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagebanquethall.ca/images/minecraft-pe-apk-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagebanquethall.ca/images/is-tiktok-free-on-ipad_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagebanquethall.ca/images/free-minecraft-svg-cutting-files_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagebanquethall.ca/images/rbx-hut-promo-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003431.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3431 25408 bytes
SHA-256: 85e9522672c1fdcfcfbcc6caf228f05f38d05a8d34469821af2c5a5be98cb0b9
font_01_sfnt_off00006e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E18 2856 bytes
SHA-256: 8c5d9bcb386d88c7f99323d8d482e46ea21dea038a5b842744dd5d39b26b2c44
font_02_sfnt_off000077ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x77EE 18972 bytes
SHA-256: ec0d7e7957d6d3ec4a312ebe7c12434b242d64f4f861d318395950ba1ef4cb73