Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a48e550d6dcaac6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.1 KB Created: 2021-05-22 18:38:41 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 8472ea6f50f1be2748419181dd3a8bb2 SHA-1: e7420e961ef8cd52b786443a4e95836c39292662 SHA-256: 7a48e550d6dcaac69cdcac869cc74faca3a23be718247f5f04df21116c5c172b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as game hacks or generators to lure users. The primary lure URL is 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-for-free-on-phone-game-hack'. The document body and heuristics indicate a clear intent to trick users into clicking these links, likely leading to further malicious content or exploits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9648

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-for-free-on-phone-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.salcsinstallations.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.salcsinstallations.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-dungeons-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.salcsinstallations.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-jailbreak-hack-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.salcsinstallations.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-free-on-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.salcsinstallations.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-place-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sigmaclient.info#2In PDF document text
    • https://flux.today#3In 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_off000035d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x35D8 24416 bytes
SHA-256: 0575fb79a87e0cb9f227406e192a9395a7d14ac9157af71f65dbaac55dd63ac4
font_01_sfnt_off00006cbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CBB 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 03f24e9b7df13ddf2a61f787c3fe001e8b6ca75c509430b262bdd287118d54e8