Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99af3b477ba1833b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.4 KB Created: 2021-05-21 03:20:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 2421d23aa880852683b0457016247f8b SHA-1: e55cf5848fbbf6728e4ee56f5a8a054ad32f7e17 SHA-256: 99af3b477ba1833be77b90f80baf396fa9af164baa5bc4f675a46805cca91b46
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains heuristics indicating it's a lure for game hacks and credential phishing, specifically impersonating Amazon. It directs users to a malicious redirector URL which is likely intended to host a second-stage payload or further phishing content. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URL is the primary indicator of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0718

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/roblox-com-free-robux-game-hack.
  • 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/431946152/roblox-com-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00002cbd.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2CBD 28032 bytes
SHA-256: 0da648b233ab50de3739847641d76dc893cecc0f5de72ce7d80a26f0bce24c22
font_01_sfnt_off00006d3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D3D 18348 bytes
SHA-256: c296ce3e2e2a101d3e2a91d968c24b195b6c9a3a72cf9c6f74fe8dc429b2d5e3

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