Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 753e230edad74d4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.2 KB Created: 2021-05-16 08:06:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: ce2c44598db54a60ee0affbee03a7d62 SHA-1: bb4ebc44733510a065eb28964da947fc78b84576 SHA-256: 753e230edad74d4e8eaaec5bb396479b6433f058950250f09a3b327545e9a99a
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a lure for a 'Minecraft Life Hacks' generator, directing users to a malicious URL. This indicates a phishing attempt to trick users into visiting a potentially harmful site. The embedded link and the nature of the lure suggest a social engineering tactic to achieve initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

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-life-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000034bd.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34BD 26352 bytes
SHA-256: 1a9d44c5577f2f189f976b692eba15e2065d6f4d470ad9ff6d760e4cc4a7c26d
font_01_sfnt_off00006fe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6FE6 2820 bytes
SHA-256: 96a70491b0783ad8c6fc9b11a18f021aa22c69ac41ee4499b781d16a1b99b689
font_02_sfnt_off00007987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7987 17740 bytes
SHA-256: a9f228f82f523f82f2ec29969fa693daed0cd9273bc8dad9e6ca4184f04ba0fe

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