Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1791b36e6774515…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.6 KB Created: 2021-05-12 11:39:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 2110f83ddbe62488f7eae6dcda099964 SHA-1: 49d0c584090067cb944bb1a056c8fa7aadb54d73 SHA-256: e1791b36e6774515c0c94b79dec05504b942860d856a830550df54701e76e9b1
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to a known malicious infrastructure, masquerading as a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body also contains a call-to-action phrase, 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', further supporting the lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the redirector and the lure suggests an attempt to trick the user into downloading or executing a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0292

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-get-minecraft-for-free-on-mobile-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_off0000345f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x345F 25656 bytes
SHA-256: 2b2e5503c425b8868feadca4bf45c0b7386bb4721f76e2d3240093c0da71e66e
font_01_sfnt_off00006e90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E90 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 355b14cb1237cfcb324f2687d1fc3cafef0ca686705333751d3cf0333155011f