Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c542695322ab23de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.2 KB Created: 2021-05-20 22:49:24 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 50e7df6150935fdbaeeb93b0fb0aa2a6 SHA-1: 19808b1c0923ada75cb7606c56a032c8a1504a38 SHA-256: c542695322ab23dea9ab8289e0afd3cca7b561ecb4f70b19034b9fd094176204
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded links that are flagged as malicious redirectors, specifically promoting 'game hacks' and 'generators'. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to click these links, which likely leads to a second-stage payload download or a phishing page. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

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/adopt-me-roblox-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-apk-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-robux-without-doing-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacks-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hoe-to-get-extra-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalhuda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/cheats-coin-master-free_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
font_00_sfnt_off0000317d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x317D 24976 bytes
SHA-256: ea3962ce1210cc5ac28dd890ef003519a452721114a1088a2e575db3dc08aaab
font_01_sfnt_off00006a63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A63 18832 bytes
SHA-256: 20cc3fc4f8bba0f9e43a0219006a1a5053a8a449a15fb7b1ac4ebea58af7d5b3