Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 020abdb229dbb35a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.9 KB Created: 2021-05-22 09:38:34 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 5e42f4fd398d1809a115004ef9a1d213 SHA-1: d74cad964ad9f8f34e404d808acf682479c57506 SHA-256: 020abdb229dbb35a856223e366e6ad767a418b7de797716ef4d5825a05a59b76
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, masquerading as a 'free generator / game hack' for Minecraft. It also impersonates the Microsoft brand to enhance the phishing lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading or visiting malicious sites, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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/479516143/minecraft-free-no-download-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/479516143/minecraft-free-no-download-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.it/images/real-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.it/images/roblox-studio-free-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.it/images/minecraft-skins-free-girl_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.it/images/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.it/images/coin-master-daily-free-spins-and-coins-2021_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_off000035ba.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35BA 25116 bytes
SHA-256: 2fb3603d28954efc28e88b5ecdf7dbe1b6a80d21d681af25ba6cf723631f1591
font_01_sfnt_off00006f18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F18 18292 bytes
SHA-256: 2f8f6932c6a5471fcd86ac874366aa199bea0908b5b9fba5acbbd4822a363b64