Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c909cae1f030b5d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.1 KB Created: 2021-06-03 12:59:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: f6e72d831aec599efcac5a8d2ce799f8 SHA-1: 520318575166132d40e58eff433584d5f077767f SHA-256: c909cae1f030b5d962101cdc0f24d10a4e9eb5bf65d9a0a3436ffc974c90d519
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free generators' and 'game hacks'. The document body and extracted URLs strongly suggest a lure for users seeking in-game currency or cheats, which is a common social engineering tactic. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9871

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.online/app/431946152/free-robux-without-any-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-kill-aura_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-builders-club-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-tiktok-coins_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/unlimited-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-game_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-link-today-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toolbox-for-minecraft-pe-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-fun-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-legit_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox36com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifef.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master-2021_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_004_off000052a4.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x52A4 30112 bytes
SHA-256: 27cee7f33d8c40f182ec6e5e332c2ded81912518dc72be4e581dcc0dae9dd629
font_01_sfnt_off0000972e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x972E 19144 bytes
SHA-256: f37955fcb4845292a10cf385cf7825d095aa25907e4328d2f78dbaed4e94b6f7