Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f068459b149c1323…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.2 KB Created: 2021-05-16 12:03:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: db3c407efbb8e8c7e50d1d5c5afce2b2 SHA-1: 37fff1cdfd0c2585cf9f22222fb56da98069907d SHA-256: f068459b149c1323d88450d286dc7f92cd3c4853afc5576ad85324b98bb11b24
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains heuristics indicating it links to malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically promoting a 'free generator / game hack' for Minecraft. The document body includes a call-to-action phrase and a URL that leads to this malicious site. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering lure to drive users to a potentially harmful download or exploit site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0284

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-java-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000033a5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33A5 25508 bytes
SHA-256: 480425437a08bbabaa1369d0cc68a4149a0c242cdb27e8d6a054260b53779518
font_01_sfnt_off00006d4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D4A 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 877a408be013f078917fd76a4bbe40e25113e750108d1b6ebc83b07ab96d646a

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