Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5ecf28d2e28d92b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.7 KB Created: 2021-05-23 15:16:18 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 2340d64bd713ebf1642d9497a65b3d88 SHA-1: 2a5acf2ade2da8b356f06413e418dfd930d70cdb SHA-256: c5ecf28d2e28d92bf0877ddd9fb7c7ebd54dd3b176d8d47eda7658b19a334d93
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded links and text that mimic a download prompt for game-related cheats, such as 'Minecraft Hacks' and 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR'. The heuristic 'PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK' confirms that the primary embedded URL leads to known malicious infrastructure. The presence of a 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic further supports the social engineering aspect of this attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

Heuristics 3

  • 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-hacks-1.15-2-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.studiomilone.net/images/robux-boost_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiomilone.net/images/how-to-host-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiomilone.net/images/hacks-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiomilone.net/images/coin-master-coins-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiomilone.net/images/free-coin-master-cards-link_GM406889139.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_off0000329f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x329F 25116 bytes
SHA-256: 4bda740d4dea033a0f5827a4b2c5042c475b5cf236495be03cdb2b336065a64e
font_01_sfnt_off00006abd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6ABD 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 304447a64c9c9da34caed164523f062cdaeb71933cc5e9c334f07884a33f2f76