Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c564f6ca166ad10b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.9 KB Created: 2021-05-20 20:43:42 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 201dcf297fd228d7ffa4f2f2713e63e3 SHA-1: 2c1748b8824830107cb0fa91f10b050681f47914 SHA-256: c564f6ca166ad10b8a212ba805d6f33b80a526ecc9545f2902f0afa21ea8feb2
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links, including one that redirects to known malicious infrastructure associated with 'free generator' lures. The document body and heuristics indicate a social engineering attempt to trick users into clicking these links, likely to download further malware or engage in scams. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and redirectors strongly suggests a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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/free-robux-hack-generator-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/download-coin-master-hack-tool-v1-9_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-34-4-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-java-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/watch-ads-for-robux_GM431946152.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_off000034ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34CA 25156 bytes
SHA-256: 667e9ade6d50a5ded8ac252e6fdeb4d7850df1e37df14f999448bc4a8517f770
font_01_sfnt_off00006e28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E28 18516 bytes
SHA-256: ac45002ee2c78c55a094f6344a5e95abe10f4ed7f4298fc77d5376065a98214b