Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad23301e4072b220…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.0 KB Created: 2021-05-18 02:06:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 4d689818f2f97ef3bb04da44a4fb7d80 SHA-1: 7066ac041cf3607c166e7220b6ba4d7ef778c908 SHA-256: ad23301e4072b2200cda27dcdf60926aa5bc99407ce3eb3744879949a258ce29
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising free game hacks and items. The primary redirector URL is https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/free-minecraft-wallpaper-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate a lure designed to trick users into clicking malicious links, likely leading to further malware downloads or phishing attempts. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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/free-minecraft-wallpaper-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/play-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/best-free-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/what-do-roblox-points-do_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/mathep_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/all-minecraft-handbooks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-daily-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-server-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-survival-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-march-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/daily-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-no-survey-or-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-card-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-pro-gamers_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-pc_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-daily-spin-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-116-1-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1tapteng.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/give-me-robux-now_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
stream_003_off00004b93.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B93 29700 bytes
SHA-256: a2a09a4aea5dda630ca20fe8e976120516c917e2102d43c0ab4005615f9958c3
font_01_sfnt_off00008ae1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8AE1 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 8ceb16c7d7437810277100198a3ec62a9f5fb112cf647c9207096ad65213b8bb