Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc93ff2518b9b1b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.7 KB Created: 2021-05-23 02:07:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 9983f4ab3c84ec2068d1672d0f1299eb SHA-1: 59a6d6f86d8268a75b7d2ba906cd612a8eeaf89c SHA-256: dc93ff2518b9b1b9a2161522b150851fdef1d14c3b34786d7d0a02af3b688598
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and infrastructure, disguised as "free generators" or "game hacks". The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The embedded links likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages, and the document body contains text and links consistent with this lure.

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/835599320/free-tiktok-views-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://s4sbrochure.org.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-heaven-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s4sbrochure.org.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-gift-card-codes-2021-unused_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s4sbrochure.org.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s4sbrochure.org.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-devil_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s4sbrochure.org.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-phantom-forces-hack_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_off00003528.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3528 25136 bytes
SHA-256: ae67f23622d419f8cf2066d4f3bf79e6eca54f28538c838901b6da50cf6dc460
font_01_sfnt_off00006f91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F91 17752 bytes
SHA-256: fbbed6aa406878393a00abdc0937322fa009c5b8448fdc35bdb3145f27770f26