Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c15092e253abee4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.9 KB Created: 2021-05-13 01:07:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 911aa35e291eb443d2c2a7b6ce845977 SHA-1: e0f5d80a1f775166efa88df411ced5cd5da58f00 SHA-256: 7c15092e253abee4b7abb8f11962739848120f656aeeabc7f89eafd00007653e
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link disguised as a 'free generator' or 'game hack' for Minecraft, impersonating Netflix. This link, https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/do-you-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-game-hack, is designed to lure users into a credential phishing or malware download scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lure strongly suggest a phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

Heuristics 5

  • 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/do-you-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-game-hack.
  • 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/do-you-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-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_off0000355e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x355E 25100 bytes
SHA-256: c87758bb1ac7bdcc9f46e463ef7ccc3244894d019730a5c7f90c2176c783a68c
font_01_sfnt_off00006e89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E89 2820 bytes
SHA-256: 96a70491b0783ad8c6fc9b11a18f021aa22c69ac41ee4499b781d16a1b99b689
font_02_sfnt_off00007829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7829 18996 bytes
SHA-256: 6efb8ecb4dc6f7e27f52b3317fae0c9f285348f122a83a6c92def46bb9593e98

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