Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0aaef385350a26ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.3 KB Created: 2021-05-22 23:06:42 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 876cde140bb5cc9556fbe01b9f62462a SHA-1: 25fdc65f657375d69fe512254fd365e23ceb9a39 SHA-256: 0aaef385350a26ac66bf12b139345e153540092ab47ec381e9f4677ef2102adf
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-related content like 'free generator' or 'game hack'. The document body explicitly contains the URL 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-font-free-game-hack' and other URLs pointing to similar lures. This indicates a phishing or scam attempt designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

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-font-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://muckrossparkcollege.com/images/how-to-get-free-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muckrossparkcollege.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muckrossparkcollege.com/images/minecraft-redeem-code-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muckrossparkcollege.com/images/scaffold-minecraft-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muckrossparkcollege.com/images/free-robux-no-verification_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_off000033f7.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33F7 25700 bytes
SHA-256: a4fc699f42a816c14d465b8b461e4bc2c2e54269359681b9086f975a244c9ddd
font_01_sfnt_off00006e5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E5A 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 48684535abb05df1a4efb13fd94135dee175bf6b61229e4eaa41ff3ed13e5a52