Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 963425272aefb868…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.1 KB Created: 2021-05-23 18:33:48 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: dba77962a4e9451241a23d5f581c3487 SHA-1: d244d5a14faaf033a9db04e32fb1f26d3a173c8d SHA-256: 963425272aefb8686365d79e065913cb7c835c82b7ebbe1778e8e11c2adf301f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, including one identified as a malicious redirector for 'game hacks'. The document body explicitly mentions 'Minecraft Life Hacks' and 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', indicating a social engineering lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's flagging strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a site that downloads a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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-life-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.advancisveterinary.com/uploads/files/files/websites-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancisveterinary.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-free-spins-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancisveterinary.com/uploads/files/files/free-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancisveterinary.com/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-infinite-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancisveterinary.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-links-for-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn 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_off00003588.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3588 25172 bytes
SHA-256: 8a6d4e354eb509d43f72b34bb28b5570f9514721d5eee93bcee5e03efaca887b
font_01_sfnt_off00006f36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F36 2940 bytes
SHA-256: eb230542719c96b42e3fd8bb01e35f13ebd5f02629049da3a58e7fd7607bf48a
font_02_sfnt_off00007946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7946 17740 bytes
SHA-256: a9f228f82f523f82f2ec29969fa693daed0cd9273bc8dad9e6ca4184f04ba0fe