Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84cd2ec924c7b386…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.9 KB Created: 2021-05-23 21:45:00 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 26642f1d115dfb344755fbc4886d6978 SHA-1: 7713b811c7c986d9cd7161394f28e91b14e60994 SHA-256: 84cd2ec924c7b3864801e0534f79a6e3315aa7af8c19f3d4bf32cb7b210224e6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external URLs, including one identified as a malicious redirector. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for "free generators" or "game hacks," suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lures strongly indicate an attempt to trick users into visiting malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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-do-you-get-minecraft-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://my-private-intendant.com/images/how-to-get-free-robux-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-private-intendant.com/images/minecraft-online-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-private-intendant.com/images/free-spins-coin-master-november-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-private-intendant.com/images/coin-master-hack-https-coinms-net_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-private-intendant.com/images/how-to-hack-someones-account-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://education.minecraftIn 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_off0000359f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x359F 25212 bytes
SHA-256: 53513c40fec049df9f2d2c557e1475ab20c6422aec4ca91057a8b77d9005429f
font_01_sfnt_off00006ed2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6ED2 18344 bytes
SHA-256: 67167d5a85b4e79e1ce06ee0ca4bd8624b04b02f24f28de3bf15fdadfc91d29a