Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbeedce73c9b96f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.3 KB Created: 2021-05-23 12:43:07 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: f4610fe0c07b3f7248cef866be5a8ad9 SHA-1: fc51ddd6b0dd624e4eba97f9129fb293bed86af6 SHA-256: bbeedce73c9b96f1d05e9637858f6f579909b79845f00e5a1ad5da18a9ea15b9
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and infrastructure, disguised as 'game hacks' and 'generators'. The heuristic firings confirm these links point to malicious redirectors and a lure for game hacks. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to lead the user to a malicious website, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

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/431946152/hacks-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://iacfhouston.com/images/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iacfhouston.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-hack-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iacfhouston.com/images/online-coin-master-free-spin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iacfhouston.com/images/microsoft-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iacfhouston.com/images/how-to-get-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.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_off00003153.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3153 25500 bytes
SHA-256: 10bcf375efd0a2ea855410c733cd9df4d37e926ef5816a22bbf290ef75dccf26
font_01_sfnt_off00006cd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CD3 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 7ce99462d7db30d9d686f16fdffa062e1f918298e62a3f0da8fa4bf2d2fabb79