Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe7f15be9796ac12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.6 KB Created: 2021-05-22 23:08:44 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 0969e6175889d20b305d002a86b43c1f SHA-1: e0f29ee90f237ae4829ab1593f3ebbc4f502e7b8 SHA-256: fe7f15be9796ac12fcd83b8e5ea51b7b5551b7eaa22d1b195ab3ce7ea84ddd8d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising 'Minecraft Hack Download' and 'Free Robux'. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-hack-download-game-hack. The document body and embedded artifacts suggest a lure for game-related cheats or currency, which is a common social engineering tactic to trick users into downloading malware or visiting malicious sites.

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-hack-download-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://islandhopper.com.au/images/minecraft-realms-free-trial_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandhopper.com.au/images/rbl-gg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandhopper.com.au/images/get-free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandhopper.com.au/images/coin-master-apk-hack-32_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandhopper.com.au/images/free-robux-accounts_GM431946152.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_off000034c0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34C0 24976 bytes
SHA-256: 3ddc0a310b5f7788ac9b9b5cd3572e966352676ea1dd7f8cd7fe8d04fee19985
font_01_sfnt_off00006d78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D78 18460 bytes
SHA-256: 1986b917a50867421859734d90e96ce19f33df6ec3e97c13366e475f22860bb7

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