Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12dc1a978f1f056f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 11:06:31 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 39d8490ad27bb28d52fbfec0baa34c3b SHA-1: 90b3e803e5192a41ea4888272d0e07d6691a4285 SHA-256: 12dc1a978f1f056f59ec50e6893a04c840ac7efc1111b0b92d7914a64e046fad
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising a "free generator / game hack" for Minecraft. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of a "download button" lure and the overall theme suggest a social engineering attempt to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/minecraft-free-download-unblocked-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/free-robux-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/coin-master-hack-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/create-minecraft-server-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-or-surveys_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/play-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/coin-master-daily-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/roblox-hack-client_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/free-tiktok-likes-no-human-verification-or-download_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.contabilidadesomma.com.br/images/free-coin-master-spins-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
font_00_sfnt_off00002d3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2D3E 21924 bytes
SHA-256: d62a7cca13d47c87a905daf0112a83dad10eb37a46a454aafe853d8f44635fd1
font_01_sfnt_off00005cf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5CF2 18804 bytes
SHA-256: 351b73efa1cf4358b07b283040b01ec481d6b0b50516ad4f4e94e13994b713ed