Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c1e276d551ea2b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.7 KB Created: 2021-05-13 01:00:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: a3e4d4f62cbea15a9df3d1cc83d38c1c SHA-1: 7c0a101941e19852be0fd85ec7c287ea5aa4be87 SHA-256: 3c1e276d551ea2b28949d99eb1503cac426dbd62a49a787ee553e0c61c029f87
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 a 'game hack' lure. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly indicate a social engineering tactic to drive users to a potentially harmful website, likely for further malware delivery or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/master-coin-free-spin-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-2021-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-fan-page-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/is-minecraft-earth-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-club_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/game-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coinmaster-fan-page_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-skins-in-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-password_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/toolbox-for-minecraft-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-20-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/master-coin-hack-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coins-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/is-windows-10-minecraft-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-coloring-pages_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1belitung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-account-generator_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
stream_003_off00004b49.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B49 26396 bytes
SHA-256: ae75f66516aa74faf102a8e16739862c86fd0eaee592b610eba8945d8748caff
font_01_sfnt_off000086b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x86B5 17568 bytes
SHA-256: ce96ee2cb1800a95c911c77dfe81c9a72a479049c6676c05affe2ae793ebac2d