PDF static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7416ac7bbedc6a7…

SUSPICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-05-13 02:30:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 2435bab42a0afc0174eee9a740a85c1d SHA-1: 2b409831c597d13ae12f531b705664d6fbb45ec3 SHA-256: b7416ac7bbedc6a7cddd2677bf525f8430999d9ddb53af9390ebd7ba2285058f
52 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a lure to obtain Minecraft for free, which is a common tactic for credential phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URL, https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-mobile-game-hack, is flagged as suspicious and does not match the impersonated brand (Microsoft). While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristics suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site, likely via embedded JavaScript or a link annotation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0265

Heuristics 4

  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-mobile-game-hack.
  • 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-minecraft-for-free-on-mobile-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_003_off00003339.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3339 24744 bytes
SHA-256: b7b4bd873c4ecfd2167e01e4190cdfef6c8bcfa81fc627a2f5727d5779b4640f
font_01_sfnt_off00006bd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6BD8 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 355b14cb1237cfcb324f2687d1fc3cafef0ca686705333751d3cf0333155011f