Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9918bdaba3c419ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 16:13:27 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: cffef5b279cc0be8d2c4b50ddc886f75 SHA-1: 515419e6915502626d886f8c1cda4ee54dbfa064 SHA-256: 9918bdaba3c419acf5733feeb26af331e399241a65ea3f15c11689138b933858
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains multiple links to redirector infrastructure, including a primary link to 'netcdn.tw' disguised as a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for free items or cheats, which is a common social engineering tactic. The presence of multiple embedded URLs suggests an attempt to lead the user to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/835599320/free-likes-on-tiktok-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/coin-master-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/minecraft-ps4-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/how-to-get-free-robux-on-computer_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/can-you-get-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/how-to-hack-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/get-free-tiktok-followers_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/free-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/how-to-get-free-robux-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/how-to-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fubode.org/images/is-minecraft-free-on-ps4_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
font_00_sfnt_off00002fa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2FA0 23504 bytes
SHA-256: 232de080cb4b72428e5b69a749db06c9baa3f45ec8ce3c69a7ecdd153f7a278f
font_01_sfnt_off000064d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x64D1 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 68a974c9aa3c870eecc965d525ccb957938ff5f02ba9183d05fa54c35671def6