PDF static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25ca958d5322aa48…

SUSPICIOUS

PDF

41.1 KB Created: 2021-05-22 03:11:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 540ee69f03f8c22ab44b6e018d26f3c0 SHA-1: 7cff0c3a5e45e66a7ccd76028cd16f6d5c9c9ac0 SHA-256: 25ca958d5322aa4801564f2cbd5d81c0b06fd8029715ceeba9a85e7256b367e1
52 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a prominent link and text related to obtaining 'Minecraft for free' via a 'generator' or 'game hack'. This lure is designed to trick users into clicking the malicious URL, which likely leads to a download of a second-stage payload. The document body and heuristics strongly indicate a social engineering tactic to facilitate malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0127

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/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-mobile-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003029.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3029 26036 bytes
SHA-256: 544ede8775e972c549a8014805dc2579c48c926164905af222055dd1d7b8ed1d
font_01_sfnt_off00006b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B6F 3020 bytes
SHA-256: f1a29adcea636583330be8db4f6466410de551ac48576b9e1aa5c34e2d665a1f
font_02_sfnt_off000075c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x75C3 2816 bytes
SHA-256: 4555740682277f0055d57b15bd0ba953e5b51415ea3d21c93db391eace072d4f
font_03_sfnt_off00007fd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FD3 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 355b14cb1237cfcb324f2687d1fc3cafef0ca686705333751d3cf0333155011f