Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76d04e49f80651be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.9 KB Created: 2021-05-23 18:38:08 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 6b309d53b6414faf65b116136d50e3df SHA-1: e38514df93ba64d8ee1176145b4cc8a723c347c4 SHA-256: 76d04e49f80651be77bfecee63614507d2f6d2a610abe33e7b04b0997723bb75
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document uses lures related to 'Minecraft Java Free Trial' and 'Minecraft Generator' to trick users into clicking a link. This link, hosted on 'netcdn.xyz', is identified as a malicious redirector and impersonates Microsoft, indicating a credential phishing attempt. The document's structure and embedded content suggest it's designed to exploit user interest in popular games to facilitate malicious redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0784

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-java-free-trial-game-hack.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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-java-free-trial-game-hack In 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_off00002fd5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2FD5 30336 bytes
SHA-256: a66d26780257541bbc5fd557247aeb96fc70ee78a61b930e2127750215cfc306
font_01_sfnt_off000074ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74AD 17924 bytes
SHA-256: d296bfe87a6dc97e41f58611965175a9d8d851c6709ce0e2d245db43bc469752

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