Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5984ef37c8cafb50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.7 KB Created: 2021-07-20 10:33:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 2c22377e541b9d151792399fa6be645b SHA-1: f0c4f411faf3833871b95571c0ca02bf53e2366b SHA-256: 5984ef37c8cafb502229277865d6c093281aedacdc81e6bd95bd3f4806244693
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a malicious redirector link pointing to a fake Minecraft APK download. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure to download a malicious application.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 3

  • 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-apk-download-v1-14.4-2-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-bedrock-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-help-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-do-u-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-without-verification-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiktok-followers-for-free_GM835599320.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_off00002d1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2D1D 22460 bytes
SHA-256: 66f84a4394179489959c0e4c63c31654328bae3d1eb1ff7674191d19b4f49d28
font_01_sfnt_off00005ef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5EF5 19128 bytes
SHA-256: 93ea6bd85251d95bb8fdb3e1515e0b836a385cc2448c0aeb3adc981293f46b66