Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 022098565e9f6b7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.4 KB Created: 2021-05-21 01:20:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: cfe6bb8f54a6cbcd5c079a83c3cae0d8 SHA-1: d87b05782055c1ca1b0823c920abd0b7126d850f SHA-256: 022098565e9f6b7b891a3ba4c1cdf878f88f62a1782901560421a34055e65828
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting a 'free generator / game hack' for Minecraft. The document body includes a call-to-action phrase and multiple URLs pointing to potentially malicious content, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of malicious redirectors and lures indicates a high likelihood of a phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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-pocket-edition-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://truebibleteaching.com/images/coin-master-free-soins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truebibleteaching.com/images/roblox-free-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truebibleteaching.com/images/coin-master-game-free-play-online_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truebibleteaching.com/images/hack-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truebibleteaching.com/images/coin-master-card-link-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off000034b5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34B5 24952 bytes
SHA-256: 9b8509ad8b83b35aaf875afc05f2af622782531271ba3b8e5418c5534878e573
font_01_sfnt_off00006d35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D35 18208 bytes
SHA-256: 2ed6c6c26b313aca39a14255061e0cb7ebbe0fc3f7500b174c0a7a92c92a7b7b

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