Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0bf9291dc337ce3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.3 KB Created: 2021-05-25 07:30:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 54756d1f36bc8f2515bc6d8e792f5ba6 SHA-1: 766ced86a147b31667c2143d16b4b249f9fc3a7a SHA-256: a0bf9291dc337ce383314b83e86dfbb97dcadeca9bb986949d9ece8f23ca5738
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising 'Minecraft Bedrock Hacks' and a 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR' call to action. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to a game hack generator, which is a common pretext for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

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-bedrock-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://simpus.umb.ac.id/pustakaumb/slim7/repository/minecraft-hack-mod_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simpus.umb.ac.id/pustakaumb/slim7/repository/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-computer_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simpus.umb.ac.id/pustakaumb/slim7/repository/robux-free-co_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simpus.umb.ac.id/pustakaumb/slim7/repository/minecraft-skins-free-girl_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simpus.umb.ac.id/pustakaumb/slim7/repository/hacks-minecraft_GM479516143.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_off000031b0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31B0 28640 bytes
SHA-256: 8b024a647ca00c06db7509492d18bd410eefaf159e55ac593b54e74de72a669a
font_01_sfnt_off000070e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x70E3 18268 bytes
SHA-256: cdc10c07562964e95d3c60cab3c6d937b43618c1a43ea86bc4060c2923515875

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