Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbbc3a72f94abf2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.7 KB Created: 2021-05-15 00:30:22 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 76038a233f941394a9b1d7c128d7c51b SHA-1: 20ae2647e9dfbaf127ba19c66b052611bf6fef48 SHA-256: dbbc3a72f94abf2eabeed30c17d554744125985764395192dd443c4cee6757a4
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF document contains an external URI pointing to a suspicious URL, and a machine learning classifier flagged it as malicious. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text and URLs related to game hacks, suggesting a lure for users to download malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of tricking users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8948

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/hack-a-game-game-hack.
  • 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/hack-a-game-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-hacked-client-18_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/easy-points-gg_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-earn-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-35-13-hack-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-spin-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-hack-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-build-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/facebook-coin-master-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-fan-page-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-gang_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-free-online_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-earn-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-pc-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-ipad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-catalog-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-generated-from-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/boost9-com-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.man2garut.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-or-download-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004d0f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4D0F 25604 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8dfb05eb0c7cdb38bb98ff883140001711ad5e94d3168f7d86864bb4e6e4f8
font_01_sfnt_off000088af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88AF 5596 bytes
SHA-256: 9a13c2580265a78e8a7257496a31ee0055738af7e20a5661c2902efe4bf05ce5
font_02_sfnt_off00009557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9557 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 9fd96bc08588ed7ebb523c95e1e7ae68d4a51fb60fc2df2c843e3c05d3b8bc09