Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e04d140daebc0ce2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.3 KB Created: 2021-05-12 10:05:05 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 220e0c4941726812c153f9a979efb1f1 SHA-1: 047cab477ca32f10f6a9541237db7ec59fadb383 SHA-256: e04d140daebc0ce288944eabab0f52acffaf2368000013c7ae788d0c35272132
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious redirector links, specifically targeting users with a 'game hack generator' lure. The embedded URL, https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/how-to-hack-minecraft-game-hack, is repeatedly referenced and is associated with known malicious redirector infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the PDF and the redirector suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick the user into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

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-hack-minecraft-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.youtIn 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_003_off0000344f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x344F 25568 bytes
SHA-256: 342ccf5d9939a94bc513446f348f0974ef22f0d7ce48f80acf42f9338b4c08c7
font_01_sfnt_off00006e1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E1A 3092 bytes
SHA-256: 3811f2fb1880daf4953efcc9c7427d9b438bced237490b00be4a6ec3ecea79e0
font_02_sfnt_off000078c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x78C5 18044 bytes
SHA-256: ee12250b32ae9257b8264adf9c9bd9c6b89cbb94dc70a51b2b21ac09721525f2

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