Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccac5cdba7a4ae07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.2 KB Created: 2021-05-23 03:05:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 7ac0d0e21a56d5f52472498bbcedb9c2 SHA-1: e0716f905d10e300a1d85c59a63072c00b7eba7a SHA-256: ccac5cdba7a4ae0778d1a3100459b691238e5d2de743570d2bfec0b4c2b83ab4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as game hacks or generators. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to download or access these 'hacks', which likely leads to further malicious content or malware. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8010

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/how-to-download-minecraft-for-free-on-iphone-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://sf.nationalbreedingcenter.bz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-cards-for-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf.nationalbreedingcenter.bz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf.nationalbreedingcenter.bz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf.nationalbreedingcenter.bz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robuxglobalcom_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf.nationalbreedingcenter.bz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hacks-for-minecraft-bedrock_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://education.minecraftIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off000035be.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35BE 26352 bytes
SHA-256: ccc754d3de4cf9016a3f85eba2251f45b9f1fc328b4c36158c5fb01e0f72cce0
font_01_sfnt_off000070fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x70FE 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off00007aaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7AAF 18632 bytes
SHA-256: a38ec870b75b85e502f421fe1ead362eb1db7184f5387a13d9ce5f1a3d5be23c