Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fada37c60c1e6535…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.3 KB Created: 2021-05-21 18:43:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 5c1d855d02ca79f8405ece7bb1470a68 SHA-1: 7bee4fde9b52133f306a10613f4d4771953c4bad SHA-256: fada37c60c1e6535fe0f4241f563aa839507511039a305e92af9142982d84b74
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and lures users with 'game hack' content. The document body explicitly contains the URL 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-bedrock-edition-hacks-game-hack' and a call to action 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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-edition-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://dygmotors.com.py/images/cute-free-hair-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dygmotors.com.py/images/pokemon-go-free-864_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dygmotors.com.py/images/coin-master-hack-version-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dygmotors.com.py/images/free-robux-codes-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dygmotors.com.py/images/hack-coin-master-for-free_GM406889139.pdfIn 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_002_off00003593.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3593 25764 bytes
SHA-256: e9ce69dac3e8feac003a26a63405aa71b14ec1cd69ca860f9e078593aa4fb5e3
font_01_sfnt_off00007079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7079 18268 bytes
SHA-256: ab11a404ecd1e05d7423e813f114c97ddc1b622607c5cfcfecdb5803810a7c8b

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