Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0af3fc27ed894712…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.6 KB Created: 2021-05-21 20:49:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 2aeea00b0ab994b25e169aff6f2e3c92 SHA-1: e1a25b3cec46441c3effae0a1659acebe3adcd70 SHA-256: 0af3fc27ed894712aafba6f879b71f9456d7328c3cfab046950f89ce388768e5
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting a 'game hack' lure. The document body includes phrases like 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', reinforcing the social engineering aspect. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a malicious redirector chain designed to deliver a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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-online-free-download-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://seniorenverband-brh-nds.de/images/how-do-we-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seniorenverband-brh-nds.de/images/if-i-uninstall-minecraft-can-i-reinstall-it-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seniorenverband-brh-nds.de/images/roblox-weird_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seniorenverband-brh-nds.de/images/how-to-get-free-robux-without-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seniorenverband-brh-nds.de/images/e-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off000032d5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x32D5 24872 bytes
SHA-256: 017bf4d253c3b4b06be9e6e331d42d39348e7c62f6b24530450ce9168b7614df
font_01_sfnt_off00006b8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B8F 2820 bytes
SHA-256: 972979c3a46100cf5f8fd289bc6fbd2496ff75fec0e3f6753648c72ec6eba714
font_02_sfnt_off0000752e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x752E 18292 bytes
SHA-256: a2a63f8c18687518d260bdaa10b8e62a526b9456f69b3d2706eff3b892369b89