Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 154a7ea4f0c1149e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.5 KB Created: 2021-05-21 20:26:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: a7503ea49fff549b96cee77b8d98449b SHA-1: 4bda3f85e65ed1ccdabf953db6154cace661b02a SHA-256: 154a7ea4f0c1149ee6348c0646c578fe89589acd44364fbd511937b93143c272
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically advertising 'free generators' for games like Minecraft and Roblox. The document body also contains a call-to-action phrase, 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', reinforcing the lure. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-free-exe-game-hack, which is part of a chain of redirects designed to deliver a payload.

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-free-exe-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.com/images/coin-master-spins-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.com/images/facebook-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.com/images/free-robux-codes-not-used_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.com/images/roblox-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliomangiapane.com/images/a-lot-of-robux_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_off00003512.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3512 25508 bytes
SHA-256: 7605ab747b33b2534bd844d112f6017865e74d3d91b3f2ba21b4c5dce8c3a9f1
font_01_sfnt_off00006eeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EEB 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 184f68a403119e274d74e0b6050f83bd20a8f42ea09f5a6442f850a022aaf90d