Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 715c6b6a5b43b6dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.6 KB Created: 2021-05-24 04:46:52 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 5ae0aac868421c8806f7186313f8c7d5 SHA-1: aca08f4413b03be693ec669c12455a35f7e9fcfc SHA-256: 715c6b6a5b43b6ddb813070297edcc78a5e2666a75c0629444422e2962123b49
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains multiple links pointing to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body and embedded artifacts are heavily obfuscated, but the primary lure is clear from the heuristic firings and the URL itself. The embedded JavaScript, though obfuscated, likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0076

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/406889139/free-spins-coin-master-unlimited-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_002_off00002e11.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2E11 24880 bytes
SHA-256: 82a7ff565f70c0506fe87180d8333ce7e2f5902c0524164ecc9dcb7a88828bef
font_01_sfnt_off0000672c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x672C 2880 bytes
SHA-256: 10d025f04f706eb71cdda4f99784df1b9ccb52e48080e43095e0398eaef6f132
font_02_sfnt_off00007117.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7117 18580 bytes
SHA-256: 8aad0f2405ec9a3272b05944b48a23572f7af0293916013bea6eee8874d320e7