Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab82948d79a38e5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.1 KB Created: 2021-05-12 23:35:18 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 1c9ee355049355b13e31eb869ccdcb1a SHA-1: da2be73a5b0dad3fbb1c7aa13c4dbd70684122e1 SHA-256: ab82948d79a38e5c68b36695bb001b6b7b4c8e5ddda122b2d696a5697c34521f
70 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded text and a prominent link that directs users to download a game mod. The link is identified as a malicious redirector, indicating a high likelihood of malware distribution. The document's structure and content suggest a social engineering attempt to trick users into downloading a potentially harmful file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0283

Heuristics 3

  • 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/coin-master-mod-version-free-download-3.4-4-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
stream_003_off0000338a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x338A 24116 bytes
SHA-256: 35b3edfe4dec256c10f393da3a019998fa45adb987d3c8cbf6cd478b18c9be2f
font_01_sfnt_off00006a2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A2F 18728 bytes
SHA-256: ad22a82d8b3233edb38f402cd3e5013c6375fd48aabf823ea78d744f504abdc7

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