Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03580e1c49b9a538…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.2 KB Created: 2021-05-22 08:38:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 78be3345ea022736ffea84e2a342186b SHA-1: cccdf8442f2c162cfa78f2ac02a77b42d8e563b0 SHA-256: 03580e1c49b9a538e7fb0fb8677b21ba69acf699450a6449012978f202053d6f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and lures users with promises of game hacks and generators. The document body explicitly contains the URL 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-java-edition-code-free-game-hack' and other suspicious links, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded links and heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious redirector workflow.

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-java-edition-code-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pakoles.com/assets/CKImages/files/all-links-for-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pakoles.com/assets/CKImages/files/roblox-phantom-forces-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pakoles.com/assets/CKImages/files/minecraft-pe-server-hosting-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pakoles.com/assets/CKImages/files/pokemon-go-free-gift-codes_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pakoles.com/assets/CKImages/files/free-robux-without-survey_GM431946152.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_off000035c4.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35C4 29320 bytes
SHA-256: c632ae756f7421dd893ac80dcfd50b5368629f5421704785a39364f82a8eda3e
font_01_sfnt_off0000786b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x786B 18164 bytes
SHA-256: f60a0ad92d00317e2c15f806bb6b4e732b7ddb4bf4afc6afb4b51f1f749874bc