Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9379640585b0053…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-05-23 00:34:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: ebb098e6cc37480175a1d6fc76d66a75 SHA-1: 5943efac0e9bb59e85cdb1644f2be0a64ae86e52 SHA-256: c9379640585b0053f46d9e29a5c748e3f7eb05286efa95e08128bc850e85f0a0
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one specifically identified as a malicious redirector leading to a "free coin master spins" lure. The document body also contains similar lures and a call to action, reinforcing the phishing attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a common pattern of using document lures to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9648

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/406889139/free-coin-master-spins-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1jember.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-tiktok-followers-no-verification-or-survey_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1jember.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-master_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1jember.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-games-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1jember.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/monttechscom-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1jember.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hacked-com-2021_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
stream_002_off00003256.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3256 25276 bytes
SHA-256: fe006c2799dd7d23418895ebbffaffedf8e91cd247febfacc72efbaeae2f7e50
font_01_sfnt_off00006b48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B48 18288 bytes
SHA-256: cbf21fc5c11f74798808ab0cc71af5e4bf323ced5a050f8983f0748b8c809d88