Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9482bc920fd58b12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-05-23 00:47:46 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 39c15cee521ddb7fcb8a86b6ddf2096b SHA-1: a3446ad4a53a0e6265196c0241fb68d76dd3dc3b SHA-256: 9482bc920fd58b12abc6fc84345f51c130165ae4a0aa179edbf4cc6e2fc9b960
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and infrastructure, disguised as "free generators" or "game hacks". The document body explicitly mentions "How To Get Free Tiktok Followers Without Human Verification" and includes a "CLICK HERE TO ACCESS TIKTOK GENERATOR" call to action, reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest an attempt to exploit users through social engineering and redirect them to potentially malicious content or further stages.

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/835599320/how-to-get-free-tiktok-followers-without-human-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://schoolsupportandbeyond.org/images/tryrbx-site-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoolsupportandbeyond.org/images/coin-master-free-2021-spin-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoolsupportandbeyond.org/images/robuxmatch-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoolsupportandbeyond.org/images/how-to-get-hacks-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoolsupportandbeyond.org/images/minecraft-bedrock-edition-pc-download-free_GM479516143.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_off000032b4.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x32B4 23840 bytes
SHA-256: 2a273772f9ca627306b2413023110ba92f808e909046be6e1b10cd2de4c1a7ca
font_01_sfnt_off000068f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x68F6 18820 bytes
SHA-256: 79c2bf02bc82707ab9f25b25786afb4a3e11e0d45a314ed7c066e7684dd6d9fe