Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 018ab025d4526d1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.8 KB Created: 2022-09-09 02:19:31 +00:00 Authoring application: vankavi (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-08
MD5: 66b7ec01d4dfd14adca180e98a430cdd SHA-1: 3d94d450524049c149586326cc388984ffb126ba SHA-256: 018ab025d4526d1f03643a3b4e746cf9bdca0a960b9deea09e126b3df5dd5b37
204 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0012

Heuristics 7

  • Cracked-software lure uses shortlink/download gateway critical PDF_CRACKED_SOFTWARE_SHORTLINK_LURE
    PDF visible text advertises a crack, serial number, archive, or pirated-software download and pairs it with a shortlink or encoded download gateway. This is a high-confidence social-engineering carrier for unwanted software or droppers; the PDF itself is not a parser exploit.
  • Cracked-software lure uses download-gateway redirectors high PDF_CRACKED_SOFTWARE_REDIRECTOR_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple cracked-software/keygen/serial-key lure links together with long encoded download-gateway URLs or known crack-download redirector hosts. This is stronger than generic piracy vocabulary: the document is an SEO lure that funnels users through redirect/download infrastructure commonly used for adware, unwanted software, or droppers.
  • PDF links to a cracked-software download doorway (base64-obfuscated) high PDF_CRACKED_SOFTWARE_DOWNLOAD_DOORWAY
    PDF's embedded link hides a pirated-software title as a base64 blob inside the URL path/query (and/or carries the ``download|`` doorway-template marker), rather than in visible text. This is a TCPDF-generated SEO doorway that ranks for software-piracy searches and funnels users to fake 'crack/keygen' download pages distributing adware, potentially-unwanted programs, or droppers. The base64 encoding is deliberate obfuscation to evade plaintext lure rules; the PDF itself carries no parser exploit — the risk is the linked crack-download destination.
  • PDF link farm advertises cracked/pirated software medium PDF_CRACKED_SOFTWARE_LURE
    PDF contains many clickable links whose targets use cracked-software, keygen, serial-key, or warez vocabulary. These are SEO-spam lure documents that rank for software-piracy searches and route users to fake 'crack' download pages distributing potentially-unwanted programs, adware, or droppers. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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 http://findthisall.com/UmVhbCBEUkFXIFBybyA1LjIuNCBLZXlHZW4gLjE3UmV/dumb/outperformed.cryopathy?newsroom=nipples&stowaways=.ZG93bmxvYWR8N3JuTVdkcU9IeDhNVFkyTWpZNE1ETTVNSHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA PDF link annotation
    • http://www.diarioelsoldecusco.com/advert/gmail-password-hacker-v2-8-9-hot-free-product-key/In PDF document text
    • https://lavavajillasportatiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Free_Download_Software_Fingerspot_Compact_Seriesl_CRACKED.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jbdsnet.com/download-directx-version-9-0-for-gta-san-andreas-top/In PDF document text
    • https://www.zmiksowane.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sabrfay.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rootwordsmusic.com/2022/09/09/3dsixpackforsonyvegasserial/In PDF document text
    • https://ryansellsflorida.com/2022/09/09/atf-box-crack-v8-90-full-working-free/In PDF document text
    • https://nashvilleopportunity.com/genie-morman-incest-link/In PDF document text
    • https://www.vakantiehuiswinkel.nl/access-3-students-book-exclusive-download/In PDF document text
    • http://persemediagroup.com/indesign-cs6-32-bit-crack-verified/In PDF document text
    • https://theblinkapp.com/havij-1-17-pro-exclusive-cracked-by-aore-team/In PDF document text
    • https://estatezone.net/full-pl-sql-developer-7-link/In PDF document text
    • https://sciencetrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/angshay.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enigmatic-fjord-62976.herokuapp.com/crack_censura_omega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newsafrica.world/?p=64570In PDF document text
    • https://www.cma-pub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hatim_Drama_Star_Plus_Full_Free_Download_170-1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancient-mountain-85750.herokuapp.com/margual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adomemorial.com/2022/09/09/opencart-xml-import-pro-nulled-meaning-hot/In PDF document text
    • https://obscure-temple-61065.herokuapp.com/indisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nooorasa.ru/2022/09/09/red-giant-universe-3-0-2-top/In PDF document text
    • https://lifemyway.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ample_Guitar_T_Torrent_2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findthisall.com/umvhbcbeukfxifbybya1ljiuncblzxlhzw4glje3umv/dumb/outperformed.cryopathy?newsroom=nipples&stowaways=.zg93bmxvywr8n3jutvdkcu9iedhnvfkytwpzne1ettvnshg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbdaIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tcpdf.orgIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/extension/In PDF document text
    • http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/schema#In PDF document text
    • http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/property#In PDF document text
    • http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/id/In PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00001750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1750 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off00009f3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9F3C 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261