Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 888f67ef7c8fc694…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.2 KB Created: 2021-05-25 11:35:46 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: a19859870e6c288018971dc3aa2afb24 SHA-1: bb8d578e23f9280596ceeb1de8e49a1d895d5aae SHA-256: 888f67ef7c8fc6941aad7d98e51dccfca1b4c0ff2fcd1a0a892f1fcaa44d4c46
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, masquerading as a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body also contains a prominent 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR' call to action, reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF's nature and the malicious redirector strongly suggest an attempt to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload or visiting a compromised site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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/free-minecraft-bedrock-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.guidaturisticaverona.it/images/hacked-roblox-accounts-list_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guidaturisticaverona.it/images/minecraft-toys-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guidaturisticaverona.it/images/roblox-redeem-codes-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guidaturisticaverona.it/images/how-to-hack-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guidaturisticaverona.it/images/how-to-hack-into-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.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
stream_002_off0000348e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x348E 24772 bytes
SHA-256: 0451829bae2bdcad3e59629463b951ec9955aa58a9a4482587e7fbb3538e4382
font_01_sfnt_off00006c53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C53 18268 bytes
SHA-256: d34bffa2112548f8729f10b9022dbaea9618b038b2dadf4195d892bf0ac95b27

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