PDF static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a38e372be59f13fd…

SUSPICIOUS

PDF

35.0 KB Created: 2021-05-21 23:13:50 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 8fb55196f9afc359cfc49730503acc2d SHA-1: 253603ea3b4b12d4cb8713637a47a875e5d94025 SHA-256: a38e372be59f13fdfb38d4c2899efa6e5fbe87859396f103eddc281308da2551
52 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a prominent lure related to obtaining a free Minecraft account, directing users to a suspicious URL. This URL is identified as a 'free generator / game hack' redirector, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick the user into clicking a link.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0718

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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/how-to-get-a-free-minecraft-account-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00002f56.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2F56 24988 bytes
SHA-256: dda554fd75e3287f07d5480546ca226bb93860379e26b191a1938adefa42eb3d
font_01_sfnt_off00006879.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6879 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 5a2a7e753a917a0c0776144ed208a5331958d262d8364954408ce80ee198d92a