PDF static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23a6167147b91859…

SUSPICIOUS

PDF

38.5 KB Created: 2021-05-11 17:05:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1d4d5a27c54c4b9785c37bc2f9a75763 SHA-1: 7f6dc7ec86522c608ba16775b748d3049bd18ee4 SHA-256: 23a6167147b91859b8325eb0fc32a4a1ecb629bf973b753fae577a1692bb014c
52 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a prominent link and text related to a 'free generator / game hack' for Minecraft. This lure is designed to trick users into clicking the malicious URL, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URI heuristics strongly suggest a social engineering attempt to redirect users to a potentially harmful site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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/make-your-own-minecraft-server-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000031bf.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31BF 29748 bytes
SHA-256: 90eff93c338a7f71ef0c924252aefc2a24f6c306c93ad2c818362f0e175fc9ce
font_01_sfnt_off000074ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74CA 18460 bytes
SHA-256: 721af029458f2979280337e7e3abf665ad270da07a2ce86ac9fe8418a2624103