Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d25518a71aa71182…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 10:46:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 45a61c0c136234e72d0fc221f6258c2c SHA-1: 99c2f08179ac502abced5aa600e61efdb93ab7bd SHA-256: d25518a71aa71182be1f6f62946dd8c2938ab29ae9928479253d0142ef4cb625
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded links and a prominent call-to-action, masquerading as a free generator or game hack. Analysis indicates these links redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/best-free-minecraft-servers-game-hack. The document's structure and content strongly suggest a phishing or social engineering attempt to trick users into visiting a malicious site, likely to download further malware or engage in credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9585

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/best-free-minecraft-servers-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://e.mtsn4tabalong.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e.mtsn4tabalong.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verification-2021-ios_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e.mtsn4tabalong.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e.mtsn4tabalong.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-gifts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e.mtsn4tabalong.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-dungeons-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e.mtsn4tabalong.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-codes_GM479516143.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
font_00_sfnt_off00002a92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2A92 23128 bytes
SHA-256: f8a4880769bad67a51e8f932809b87d908312cd37750200cfd82fbf6ca8ebbae
font_01_sfnt_off00005eb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5EB6 17896 bytes
SHA-256: c529f757d6b4a4f9c7840ecb5b6035c813da3045ee3b560268268dab20db1aa9