Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65b73c23185046a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.5 KB Created: 2021-05-19 02:31:56 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 22f4ff7706ed128493655795891a0d00 SHA-1: e806153149afba21d38751550374f50a88d76017 SHA-256: 65b73c23185046a825558250e2d6b7d7a32f0cab5b41eae5e88577d61301fb6b
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to a 'free generator / game hack' lure. The document body reinforces this by displaying similar text and a call-to-action URL. This indicates a phishing or scam attempt designed to lead users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0125

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.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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/431946152/how-to-get-2021-robux-for-free-game-hack In 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_003_off000034fa.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34FA 29444 bytes
SHA-256: ade9a418a056c4f3da4873eb7c02832d3c2ac4781c26e9a4c640805ef56b6a31
font_01_sfnt_off000076c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x76C3 3884 bytes
SHA-256: 40b61f8938bd710dc29dc58ba3fde91c245a6a69596ec569b4d27c769ca417cf
font_02_sfnt_off0000836a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x836A 18684 bytes
SHA-256: 6e9c0eecafd635f65838c8dbfb1e23e8457e4c9239d4b33e445d621fd980b18f

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