Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90b3babbec1ea4ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.0 KB Created: 2021-05-19 07:05:37 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: f258b256486c233f0df51fbdf033f3ee SHA-1: a06f82d4cf7f9e2e9d70f7e172208fc71aa06e38 SHA-256: 90b3babbec1ea4ab8f95af530554e55f728fc66770778b4610b1676d838869f4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as "free generators" or "game hacks". The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to these lures and other PDF files hosted on the same domain. The primary malicious activity observed is the redirection to external, potentially harmful, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/minecraft-java-code-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-website_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/no-human-verification-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-no-verification-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-play-now_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-march-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-2021-not-used_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-password_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-for-pc-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pubg-mobile-uc-xyz_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-nintendo-switch_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ati-gulf.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/no-human-verification_GM431946152.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_off00004e30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4E30 24732 bytes
SHA-256: 2a2f34af679d1472447a75dd72722a23ff38f1a183ab94407d9a2ef0b9b55ce5
font_01_sfnt_off0000860c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x860C 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 9f11f6ffdaa6f71614cd3df9f38f5d5af32d3843530a13967cf59faad31feba0