Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6725befc4dc1baa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.1 KB Created: 2021-05-22 10:12:08 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: eea1293e04d6e4731224a18bca2aef6c SHA-1: cb02246367bfd1c018c4cb912cd95e53befb6987 SHA-256: a6725befc4dc1baa4d8a24bce70e11c3d7ab46e108abcad9ebe02c1ee7485ee4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as game hacks or generators. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for free game items, which is a common social engineering tactic. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lead the user to a malicious site, likely for further exploitation or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9508

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/406889139/free-coin-master-spins-link-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-mac_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/coin-master-hack-software_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/minecraft-free-play-no-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/150-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/wurst-client-download_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
stream_002_off000031f1.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31F1 24004 bytes
SHA-256: d4f215c70035c96e86c7b6b8fcf649ebc207f4bc7160298bcd1205b5470d02be
font_01_sfnt_off0000686b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x686B 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 3a13f115a00b8b7b194300b8b076c3bf70984f89fe406390bc378e2507b22e35