Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89316bc5a6ea2f6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.3 KB Created: 2021-05-22 16:04:28 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: d0752d1ca7ef47dfe6e5132cb155cf1a SHA-1: 77bdc9a668e2b9adcd9f118ca81ec1b084c263f8 SHA-256: 89316bc5a6ea2f6cb17d54fa08822e023859e6448e74e06c4008d6c7cff9a987
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links and a call-to-action button designed to trick users into downloading game hacks. These links redirect to known malicious infrastructure, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier also flagged the PDF as malicious, supporting this assessment. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded links and lure suggest a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7268

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/best-minecraft-hacked-client-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://electro-nrg.com/images/minecraft-hack-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electro-nrg.com/images/free-robux-roblox-promo-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electro-nrg.com/images/free-coin-master-spins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electro-nrg.com/images/free-robux-discord-servers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electro-nrg.com/images/how-to-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn 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_off000031df.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31DF 24780 bytes
SHA-256: 6951f53ea5b1d187c287ce43e50549d78d0df29935a4c2ac47a28ff1a97c53aa
font_01_sfnt_off00006b04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B04 2824 bytes
SHA-256: 61b3a573627d4f03d30684157e1627da3b4499cefab0fdf17b45999135b0250b
font_02_sfnt_off000074ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74AB 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 05f9c4237b996275e109c4becad50b5cb7d88affc4d3e55964976ee2f9eee8f2