Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9955339cc588582b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-05-23 04:41:52 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: e53215de06d3b5aa8f6790ed803ca0da SHA-1: a8253717ab7f3ad1fc6290133f626ca929947a30 SHA-256: 9955339cc588582bb22f4dc939a440a3572685f3f4140eb2d3952ed9304b4f15
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to malicious redirectors disguised as game hacks or generators, specifically targeting popular games like Minecraft and Roblox. The document body explicitly mentions 'How To Get Minecraft For Free On Iphone' and includes a 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR' call to action, reinforcing the lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-iphone-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://akvamaster.com.ua/images/free-spins-coin-master-october-13-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvamaster.com.ua/images/how-to-hack-any-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvamaster.com.ua/images/coin-master-free-spins-heaven_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvamaster.com.ua/images/hack-version-of-coin-master-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvamaster.com.ua/images/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-daily_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_off00003447.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3447 24108 bytes
SHA-256: 7a7655cd688463d37528620c14cf7a8e93ac86d6834d336ced9b31138dceae72
font_01_sfnt_off00006ad6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6AD6 18216 bytes
SHA-256: bed6c76176a434f358ebc88a31d2dbe88cb1547cd8758d4c9ade2f80066016aa