Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fefbd025ae663f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 19:42:06 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: f6b5a0a177c6d6574e3476ed2ef27a00 SHA-1: e15f1adc7c424b8aa5cc800fe94bb99caf199a5d SHA-256: 9fefbd025ae663f6aa0d57914aaa5e104483e3f11a3aa1a43d14ef0ba019da8d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as 'free generator / game hack' lures. The document body explicitly contains the URL http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/try-minecraft-free-game-hack, which is identified as a malicious redirector. This suggests the primary goal is to redirect the user to potentially harmful content or further malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/try-minecraft-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/get-minecraft-windows-10-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-https-coinms-net_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/minecraft-tiktok-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-tiktok-followers_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/minecraft-free-ios-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-scam_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/minecraft-online-free-no-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fk.upnvj.ac.id/repository/robux-gift-card-free_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
font_00_sfnt_off00002a7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2A7E 21952 bytes
SHA-256: 38c600aabeedeaf5e841edbc7dc7d93b6a4249d607b3bb1cc434b7d48eac0cd6
font_01_sfnt_off00005acb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5ACB 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 107932d4c819bf12e68df3d86f91d46cdcad91a8442b853cf72bc94cc41b7ea1