Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b693c7f0dbee60e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.8 KB Created: 2021-05-23 14:45:54 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: bb87b0d7a9cc269db43351848198a43e SHA-1: e065c09781d57683fa5ea458c19801fbc6ff9aad SHA-256: 8b693c7f0dbee60eea9bdf446b5b3e33896e23c7b73b1e203f9a9c59ab8a7fdc
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple links and a call-to-action button designed to trick users into believing they can obtain game hacks or currency. The primary link redirects to malicious infrastructure known for hosting such lures. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites, likely as part of a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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-hack-without-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://artion.biz/images/how-to-get-free-robux-on-mobile_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artion.biz/images/free-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artion.biz/images/minecraft-hacker-skin_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artion.biz/images/free-minecraft-mods-for-ps4_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artion.biz/images/roblox-free-robux-generator_GM431946152.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_off00003404.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3404 24492 bytes
SHA-256: 698f849147160a39b2731db41da9f0ca1c2eb3fb8423201f633209cefdcacc07
font_01_sfnt_off00006c5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C5A 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off0000760c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x760C 18356 bytes
SHA-256: dc73d1475286564dbbcfd7fe1f785306788ee44bec01666c46f1ad38f7aa2791