Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 359272d5b9e00f83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.4 KB Created: 2021-05-22 10:10:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 28b41f2dcb8b448b9dcfaed99bf05643 SHA-1: b494f4719b756b411694896c1abe6e94df083690 SHA-256: 359272d5b9e00f837e37f632964113e7e0a0ea870aca1b4217f986f0c12b7816
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure for a 'free generator / game hack' which links to malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body explicitly contains the URL and a call to action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR'. This suggests the PDF is designed to trick users into visiting a malicious site, likely to download further malware or engage in credential harvesting.

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-java-free-trial-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.charnwood.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-scams_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charnwood.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-can-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charnwood.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-iphone_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charnwood.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hacksco_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charnwood.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-roblox-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003521.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3521 25244 bytes
SHA-256: f7bd5141fa85afaa14448038fe1a44b0edcee2a1db6e656902ddb65964abf83c
font_01_sfnt_off00006e64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E64 17924 bytes
SHA-256: d296bfe87a6dc97e41f58611965175a9d8d851c6709ce0e2d245db43bc469752

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