Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a27b749ecda3fc0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.3 KB Created: 2021-05-11 08:32:14 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 2a13040b881d8e185c8e52b6b82d7596 SHA-1: d9e89d66e3506dc942494bedc5bd47a88c346a6b SHA-256: a27b749ecda3fc0f08497f911ae0f09891cab86d9d6ff18faa26d9cb03315ee7
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains heuristics indicating it is a lure for a 'free generator / game hack' and links to known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body text and embedded URLs reinforce this lure, attempting to trick users into visiting the malicious URL. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the overall pattern suggests a phishing attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification-2021-game-hack In 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_off0000359c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x359C 27500 bytes
SHA-256: 5b585696bb6f16633a8b24e74a38fbdf8ebd6ee3c7a2a693a41bbc47bc41f6bd
font_01_sfnt_off000074d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74D1 19428 bytes
SHA-256: dc7c459a90b1a398d2ee51f52972ed8a07904c77cd045887558a99bdb9823e3c