Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a201a2c6dc518798…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.2 KB Created: 2021-05-23 02:34:22 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: e3c71591d5251bf024b8c7d58ba97828 SHA-1: 85ab0c9162cc07a2526f9e1f03fb5a8f1e1b30df SHA-256: a201a2c6dc518798f3248bfc21722a1616a06342bc8d21d24488e2449f40e60b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free generators' or 'game hacks'. The document body also contains a prominent call-to-action to access a Minecraft generator via a URL. This indicates a social engineering lure designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6956

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/create-minecraft-server-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/mc-update_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/roblox-script-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/coin-master-mod-apk-latest-version-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/free-spin-link-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/free-coin-master-s_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003656.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3656 28888 bytes
SHA-256: 8971fcf52fa25b91624a79f7604a393537ff2a641957a5a7953259ff71728789
font_01_sfnt_off000077f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x77F5 2820 bytes
SHA-256: 972979c3a46100cf5f8fd289bc6fbd2496ff75fec0e3f6753648c72ec6eba714
font_02_sfnt_off00008195.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8195 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 739dfd09c5bedc98bb46a6c5718dfc06afa6391c84dc1b066bb71172f329b46c

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