Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 deb629d58a7ca464…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.9 KB Created: 2021-05-23 16:39:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: f46166c8e371dd5e02d7244d2458684b SHA-1: 7f3fa5afab8492a2c8e816fdb5e97c84666c750f SHA-256: deb629d58a7ca46403b888f192af306064ab7fa316ce5613588c31b1e0640b99
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising free game hacks and generators. The heuristic firings confirm these links are associated with malicious redirectors and a lure for game hacks. While no scripts were extracted, the embedded URLs and the nature of the lure suggest an attempt to lead the user to a site that likely hosts further malicious content or exploits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9476

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/479516143/minecraft-games-to-play-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.brainpads.com/images/how-to-get-free-minecoins-in-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brainpads.com/images/hack-para-coin-master-singapore_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brainpads.com/images/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-or-surveys_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brainpads.com/images/free-rare-cards-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brainpads.com/images/coin-master-hack-spins-free_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_002_off00003403.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3403 31176 bytes
SHA-256: 267ddf2a3eea462b26a3cf775c751e389b6c44198c7397f7fcdff7a369368a6b
font_01_sfnt_off00007b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7B08 18380 bytes
SHA-256: e4e6021f190597b5ba2cc648d82e873dd3d7a425745f666e69b81b8efe23a832