Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dc9e16b03f0d3f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.6 KB Created: 2021-05-23 03:06:34 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: aa0190561cbe66dbf3a230561b488dc0 SHA-1: a6d96f5244a31ec0d73b12b7780619c9af10308d SHA-256: 8dc9e16b03f0d3f402b7adbe2e5e4482c4e327b6bfafe0b997ced8a02c12063b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising free game hacks and accounts. The document body and embedded links suggest a lure to a fake generator website. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate malicious intent.

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/free-minecraft-accounts-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://cacpglobal.ca/images/coin-master-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cacpglobal.ca/images/how-to-get-free-tiktok-fans-without-human-verification_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cacpglobal.ca/images/free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cacpglobal.ca/images/minecraft-apk-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cacpglobal.ca/images/coin-master-hack-game_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
font_00_sfnt_off0000345d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x345D 25496 bytes
SHA-256: a1dce9f28bea05b09601ffab2e36843c890f2e6aa42e04a44061fb745ee70ff0
font_01_sfnt_off00006df4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DF4 18252 bytes
SHA-256: a7a52ec6c2bb565f332a4905da6a686ee34bc05df98df468ad89fd298f001152

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