Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c05ae18e94bf975…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.9 KB Created: 2021-05-21 05:45:23 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 25e709a229020c48cdba291df34b885f SHA-1: cb1496dfec46ee56466718491e72d94c09e8bbde SHA-256: 8c05ae18e94bf975b29a38cd8d1d2e3918095120225b6356295b071044420d66
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, masquerading as game hacks and generators. The document body explicitly mentions 'Minecraft Free Download Ipad' and includes a call to action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', further reinforcing the lure. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-free-download-ipad-game-hack, which is associated with a critical heuristic firing for malicious redirector links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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-free-download-ipad-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://scraperite.com/images/pokemon-go-free-999_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scraperite.com/images/coin-master-spins-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scraperite.com/images/how-can-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scraperite.com/images/coin-master-free-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scraperite.com/images/free-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000353e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x353E 25476 bytes
SHA-256: 52e20b60cbc3cd6a899d284725e7dbe840941a8c87bd10d30792e5d35145b9d4
font_01_sfnt_off00006e94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E94 18464 bytes
SHA-256: 277b1f8f281095ccfe68000cf594913ab5f65ed77c3843aba7451df56ad04c48

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