Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a752052687f1780c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.5 KB Created: 2021-05-20 20:15:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 1336fe5e158a95dc1a6f85331bd4dfdc SHA-1: e8fec12038a75e1da6f3dc2e42c87c6c5b0aaefd SHA-256: a752052687f1780c576ae356734d49e10539ce4e8d784216bd20a3b618c205d2
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a lure of free game hacks and generators, as indicated by the document body and critical heuristic firings. It contains multiple embedded URLs that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically pointing to 'netcdn.xyz' and 'ag-metal.fr' domains, which are flagged as malicious redirectors. The document's intent is to trick users into visiting these sites, likely to download further malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities.

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/minecraft-ps4-code-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://ag-metal.fr/images/coin-master-free-chip_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ag-metal.fr/images/free-things-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ag-metal.fr/images/roblox-apocalypse-rising-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ag-metal.fr/images/roblox36com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ag-metal.fr/images/coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playhack.in/minecraftIn 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_off00003575.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3575 25252 bytes
SHA-256: 8872043611bceb1c012ce225535f2d233d0926f5a901bf3548a55a38ab82eca2
font_01_sfnt_off00006dd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DD0 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 40a9ed8622610cf9fa8ac72a3ea4b6e6139de9a15da6eb4025f174f8e2de1100