Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae0a41e32c3e57c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 21:20:54 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 9c4f2790c6e77b441bc8152d02e95319 SHA-1: 7ad21cda9979c1531d538a2286bc40c82aee7710 SHA-256: ae0a41e32c3e57c3a6ade6018cee646eb8e3e39d7d06ff19e906a6181bee4055
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple heuristics indicating a lure for a "free generator / game hack" and a malicious redirector link. The document body explicitly contains the text "Minecraft Java Free Trial" and "CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR", along with a URL that is flagged as malicious. This suggests the document is designed to trick users into visiting a malicious website, likely to download further malware or engage in fraudulent activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0573

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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/minecraft-java-free-trial-game-hack In 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_off000020a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20A9 22792 bytes
SHA-256: 9539166fb66fbce0e0244391987ff519fd40e2263d9634721e363129f245a78b
font_01_sfnt_off00005362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5362 17924 bytes
SHA-256: d296bfe87a6dc97e41f58611965175a9d8d851c6709ce0e2d245db43bc469752

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.