Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22741638555f78e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.3 KB Created: 2021-05-21 00:51:32 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 60e0a733bb2feb050766060aef13b10e SHA-1: 2c62afc28181268a7923bca68931646134d7ff61 SHA-256: 22741638555f78e1f501777cdce50b7638e8f43d7146da47b8f7dee53abe0df5
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, one of which is identified as a malicious redirector disguised as a 'free generator' for Minecraft tokens. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to exploit user interest in game hacks. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest a potential for further malicious actions upon user interaction.

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/how-to-get-free-tokens-in-minecraft-ps4-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://ekbm.mankotapasuruan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-education-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekbm.mankotapasuruan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/android-coin-master-3433-apk-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekbm.mankotapasuruan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-a-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekbm.mankotapasuruan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/www-cheatsk-com-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekbm.mankotapasuruan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/tower-of-hell-roblox-hack_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_off0000350b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x350B 24832 bytes
SHA-256: 6d33fe8a076138e03dc388ff851f122f59d3d58d0ab764de03058659c4226770
font_01_sfnt_off00006cd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CD7 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 6b17d904edba380b1c0a1521f110ced755ab41ddc916bfb976523684f5146024