Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 548879635d0a1b29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.4 KB Created: 2021-05-22 05:36:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 3d0ad0c6cb7607063e2c85086741bee6 SHA-1: 745c6bda2d190f3d154bb2aadde41eaea2453400 SHA-256: 548879635d0a1b29e660c7fbf410179a7b380985bdab0369c040141412e639e6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as game hacks or generators. The document body explicitly mentions 'Minecraft Windows 10 Free' and 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', reinforcing the lure. The heuristics indicate the PDF links to malicious redirector infrastructure and is flagged by an ML classifier, suggesting a high likelihood of malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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-windows-10-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://letturatarghe.it/images/free-robux-hack-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letturatarghe.it/images/free-spins-coin-master-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letturatarghe.it/images/how-to-get-free-chest-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letturatarghe.it/images/simplysarc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letturatarghe.it/images/how-to-get-roebucks_GM431946152.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_002_off00003636.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3636 25784 bytes
SHA-256: 88f99ddc00558154116e428da3372e3c2cc46373c173ead174c2bb272a8d5e02
font_01_sfnt_off00006ffb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6FFB 18524 bytes
SHA-256: 61f4e129dbb086a6f9797ef369c55cdd3b58d633037fca8f4f59eaf5785788a4