Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eccc0be2e53b8c68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.1 KB Created: 2021-05-13 17:31:28 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 540380275d402069de282fa6ac53169b SHA-1: 569ab372f4c60ae30fa948ff56341f5e196a403d SHA-256: eccc0be2e53b8c68f58c6b944b3c645f129eaa20ee5596d7b6ecd68ca4467029
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a lure of free game hacks and currency to entice users to click on embedded links. The primary link, https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-bedrock-free-server-hosting-game-hack, is identified as a malicious redirector. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest a potential for exploitation or redirection to malicious sites, aligning with common phishing and social engineering tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/minecraft-bedrock-free-server-hosting-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/moonactive-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/free-mods-for-minecraft-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/is-it-possible-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/pig-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/free-robux-thumbnail_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/coin-master-free-spin-group_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishboat.hr/files/coin-master-34-6-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/free-robux-without-any-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishboat.hr/files/coin-master-free-spins-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/coin-master-hack-ios-no-jailbreak_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishboat.hr/files/www-free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishboat.hr/files/free-robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/roblox-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/master-coin-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/you-promised-my-son-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishboat.hr/files/code-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishboat.hr/files/free-coin-master-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishboat.hr/files/hack-game-plus-com-coin-master_GM406889139.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
stream_003_off00004992.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4992 24560 bytes
SHA-256: 74a145544aa519f974ad0bfba9744a61ea3df8bf424f74096534672d99d94a28
font_01_sfnt_off00008130.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8130 18672 bytes
SHA-256: 5baa597ceebb7173861118a54c9708b38703675a1839245e0c8f4bf1dfc6d3a9