Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c89514b0ec86da52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.0 KB Created: 2021-05-21 21:42:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: d07071a5800452bdbd02730a7eac924b SHA-1: b14a8c05abcc144ff89ef8a0d51c2fd5d44c4466 SHA-256: c89514b0ec86da5244e0b0b4fc6d5d43448f54b16ec4a5ab6bbb27862ebc2bc9
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link that redirects to known malicious infrastructure, disguised as a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body also contains text related to Minecraft and a call-to-action to download, reinforcing the lure. The embedded URL is the primary indicator of malicious intent, likely leading to a further stage of infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0622

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/minecraft-pc-free-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
stream_002_off00002a46.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2A46 24728 bytes
SHA-256: 53ad8bfdfeb35ec50a4a05a80123aee5c18912cd236d35d2882c66b4075bd7c9
font_01_sfnt_off000061cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61CD 17724 bytes
SHA-256: f623db3d5896acbfca75c1fa71b49e9ae1d6d1c000a87567f3c2fb9ea3a364ca

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