Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee10e6cc1b9200a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.4 KB Created: 2021-05-14 17:32:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: a1e83ce9cdea276ff121c02b41468bb2 SHA-1: bcc7829f6e492e718430ec8c917091cf4d11018a SHA-256: ee10e6cc1b9200a55f7cb3fffc31cd8f57c8a1797ae74e8868436fd305468b12
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic indicating it links to a malicious redirector disguised as a game hack generator. The document body explicitly contains the URL and a call to action, 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS COIN MASTER GENERATOR', reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection to the malicious URL, likely leading to a second-stage download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0306

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/coin-master-free-cards-link-2021-game-hack In 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_off0000309f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x309F 24452 bytes
SHA-256: d257ca4ac7f059521c91f2cc6bc1b84acd5c21efe9349b4e2c79b238f06e9a9a
font_01_sfnt_off00006843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6843 18456 bytes
SHA-256: b51790488d60a3c79421cfddad0a6ae9f074b26b8d27a704dda1d2d7bad48ec0