Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed4365d84da05c90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-05-20 22:26:22 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 936a70fcfbdbeeed19cf16d9532a25c3 SHA-1: 79f2c6538b5a117f0d85da4a7952a44e4e355560 SHA-256: ed4365d84da05c90d7cb74de89893a5dfc369923ba8f0c9d8e70024f5e46b2e0
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and lures users with themes like 'free Minecraft Java' and 'game hacks'. The document body explicitly contains a call to action 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR' and directs users to the malicious URL. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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/is-minecraft-java-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://lawpatron.ru/images/how-to-send-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawpatron.ru/images/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawpatron.ru/images/free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawpatron.ru/images/coin-master-exchange-40-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawpatron.ru/images/tiktok-minecraft-hacks_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
stream_002_off000034ed.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34ED 24456 bytes
SHA-256: 5063b0a27aee0ce7d0cbf4977a6b72f90543f75d8e096ca12acee73fff98d25b
font_01_sfnt_off00006ca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CA2 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 977a5a3176a426c4d5ca0eba59ff37fbe42280aface958f6b225cf1a5dff4e82