Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5ab4bae1457f526…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.8 KB Created: 2021-05-14 14:55:41 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: f5e6852055276fc0f251edb6e6ccc013 SHA-1: e5432ba2d8c6c0230e8a5a40d87191e236af2057 SHA-256: e5ab4bae1457f526bd6c23769ac6c613710e5c39ba8126f92b1d62bc558364ce
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is designed to lure users into clicking links by promising free game items or hacks. The embedded links, such as 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/is-minecraft-education-edition-free-game-hack', are identified as malicious redirectors. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest a malicious workflow intended to lead the user to potentially harmful content or further malware. The document body contains obfuscated text and URLs, reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/is-minecraft-education-edition-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/free-robux-on-ipad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-spin-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/free-minecraft-java-edition-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-free-robux-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/can-you-give-me-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/free-roblox-gfx_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/free-spins-coin-master-links-thursday-november-28-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/roblox-hack-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-free-stuff-on-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/game-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-unlimited-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/como-hackear-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/free-roblox-clothes-for-your-avatar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-hack-2021-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/free-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allpromise.com.tw/image/data/files/how-do-i-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.freenom.comHeyIn 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_003_off0000494c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x494C 24904 bytes
SHA-256: 375500ce684db4d630cb52280743277ace7c1941d7186bbbf557df04edc611aa
font_01_sfnt_off00008203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8203 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 860599eb2378c11ce9f069b8b1214934614c40beead093e3b25ec1c42f286d72