Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84d27101a4631df9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.0 KB Created: 2021-05-30 07:04:42 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: ab473ab45e86d24ac8386ed5dbe00000 SHA-1: fe32d4fb94d3c6c68ccfb27ff788bf2498bea999 SHA-256: 84d27101a4631df9c9d6cff8687e5790e0129bd8a56eb96535f47061e57fe524
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a lure for a 'free generator / game hack' that redirects to malicious infrastructure. The document body explicitly contains the URL and a call-to-action phrase, indicating a phishing attempt. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of malicious redirector links and the lure strongly suggest a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0718

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/free-minecraft-skin-maker-game-hack In 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_off00002e9c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2E9C 24240 bytes
SHA-256: 3ce302b087c2a79204d2ee7f73e9f2a5d1282f36af1b8bd866adae57c1ab8685
font_01_sfnt_off000065a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x65A8 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 7e8236a58a56ce0148da12d4a95e9c7df934e3b28e502a8d8a58237e3f9d26f8