Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ccdc5bc98749eee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.0 KB Created: 2021-05-25 08:38:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: e708a8b6e4242dbf56cb50202c2139c8 SHA-1: 5d63559154cd69672e50d4ca6d04e91ff536fea1 SHA-256: 8ccdc5bc98749eee0355169fde7a7c5f5d11f7ee427d4e489039358109a295f4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to redirectors and known malicious infrastructure, disguised as game hacks and generators. The document body explicitly contains the phrase 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR' and a primary malicious URL, indicating a lure to a phishing or malware distribution site. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7010

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-gun-games-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://perpustakaan.unitomo.ac.id/repository/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpustakaan.unitomo.ac.id/repository/haktuts-coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpustakaan.unitomo.ac.id/repository/minecraft-iphone-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpustakaan.unitomo.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spins-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpustakaan.unitomo.ac.id/repository/minecraft-pe-hack-client-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freegiftcodes.euIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off000031f9.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31F9 24628 bytes
SHA-256: d23e06a38f4ad5699aede42ba17af9778c55c8dd451c9c3485404ae862c0f95f
font_01_sfnt_off00006a4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A4F 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 787e0768241fb57660bcc9c7f726cf687277c463cdf8c586c4782ee9d03c3606
font_02_sfnt_off0000740e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x740E 17968 bytes
SHA-256: 8511888cd071b31a6773fc40a7c9fa25820a04ce1c2bff2e61827af067d413dd