Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 869c89590682e258…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.4 KB Created: 2021-05-20 14:27:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: a98ee3ce268d5a881a62c73db141051a SHA-1: 632a247255836e6afcd2b4ae230d87aeea239e47 SHA-256: 869c89590682e25854e2dffecdb6539a8ec27b9ea6492601e102d5605a1e4ec3
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, masquerading as a 'game hack' or 'free generator' lure. The document body and heuristics indicate a social engineering tactic to trick users into clicking these links. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a potential for exploitation or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9648

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/coin-master-free-cards-link-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-mod-menu-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn 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_off000033c8.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33C8 24168 bytes
SHA-256: 0f8698d11890e1c19e8ae0cf3b40655858052c96003a4c4f9c005fb176cf8092
font_01_sfnt_off000069c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x69C4 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 4c00fba11e6222d30ce91962ad0846eff86227a46da4e4704094e367f0981575