Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35cceabd15e065d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 14:10:28 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: dccf04419e3485f41762faef4ad9cc24 SHA-1: d3899bca412a4c53dff476dc5e1ff7113f9761b0 SHA-256: 35cceabd15e065d23b44ffaf882c18b51c4c2e32c952a84769eb81bdcd034885
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting free game hacks and generators. The document body includes a call to action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', further reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were extracted, the primary malicious functionality appears to be the redirection to a malicious URL, likely to download a secondary payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/minecraft-bedrock-edition-pc-download-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://lib.mbp.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-skins_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.mbp.ac.id/repository/free-modded-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.mbp.ac.id/repository/funbloxxyz-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.mbp.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.mbp.ac.id/repository/ways-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.mbp.ac.id/repository/will-minecraft-dungeons-be-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.mbp.ac.id/repository/free-daily-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.mbp.ac.id/repository/minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting-free_GM479516143.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
font_00_sfnt_off00002c6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C6A 22440 bytes
SHA-256: aaad244dfc84c877e6081cbd633c48b0ccdbb8d6511eb126210fb48b40647ccf
font_01_sfnt_off00005dc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5DC3 18828 bytes
SHA-256: bab883dfc84e1a3f345dfae0998a7e69f5c6c1aec602e5a20de586714fc0e9f0