Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1b1bb40d992c023…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.8 KB Created: 2021-05-17 18:30:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 3060ca334900affa8b9ab96f7ccf9a78 SHA-1: 79985e7c92fc0e0bf1415f98ef81caa544437bad SHA-256: d1b1bb40d992c02325dd07d174f7561d082f77ce4ddf510e67867b19dcfeac43
70 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link that redirects to a known malicious URL, identified by the PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK heuristic. The document body also contains text related to 'Mcpe 1.16' and a 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR' lure, suggesting a social engineering attempt to trick the user into clicking the malicious link. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lure indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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/mcpe-1.16-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_003_off0000357e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x357E 29636 bytes
SHA-256: 73b84a07b032a769a1734937ce6168477b299cd885da52e0c27e19a7d7caa5db
font_01_sfnt_off00007886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7886 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 4711a1543ea496a0f3d81235f335b2b9fd92f871e961f966e2047284bc2cd8dc