Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44416d40e8bdbee8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:06:29 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: aaa2b039195d0772c9000de0aea63c27 SHA-1: abd3179fb3c827f8988b7576829fd2962e1926a3 SHA-256: 44416d40e8bdbee8a8604284e3ec9cf90e3c9d951338357a07dc8b89f5fcbe89
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs and a visual download button lure, strongly suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious or unwanted content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. The primary URL, http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free-on-computer-game-hack, appears to be a lure for game-related cheats or downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free-on-computer-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/wurst-client-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/20-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-facs-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-robux-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-items-katalog-roblox-glitch_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-to-hack-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/mcpe-master-coins-hack-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-decals-for-roblox-work-at-a_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/daily-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-can-i-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/get-free-tiktok-likes_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/robux-robux-hack-code_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-minecraft-java-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-robux-generator-momo_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-cheats-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-do-you-get-free-food-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondecasa.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/hack-coin-master-apk-32-download_GM406889139.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_off00003108.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3108 21988 bytes
SHA-256: d612ddd5e113bcda0003c31e3d18ed244a3394188166c5e17d3627c3978f2fc5
font_01_sfnt_off00006157.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6157 19148 bytes
SHA-256: 6b08e71198e1ac288a735bc7f4f38f61d1c0f7b7ed00106923474c217010c6bd