Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0297cad8bfbf651c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

122.1 KB Created: 2022-07-04 08:48:18 +00:00 Authoring application: charyeli (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-05-08
MD5: 010d1b9e09f2565bc92143a09702d3e6 SHA-1: ff27396c3a56349cc90bddd5e4d44e59a7d039d2 SHA-256: 0297cad8bfbf651c4fea2655dcd51ad9b3f366cb59a1626a7299e6f1260fd04c
164 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0185

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://siteslocate.com/UG93ZXJTYXZlIFByYW5rUG9/stos/clingstones.cropped?utica=/hydatidiform/ZG93bmxvYWR8blcwWTNkcFlueDhNVFkxTmpnNU1qTTFNbng4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA.kotite PDF link annotation
    • https://aapanobadi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LaunchIt_NOW_Plus_2006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hidden-river-36149.herokuapp.com/Power_Shortcuts.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outlethotsale.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ultra_Extractor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.suvcars.com/advert/dart-xp-pro-download-pc-windows/In PDF document text
    • https://conexionfit.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FrameXpert_Frame_Designer_PCWindows.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketingseoservice.com/wp-content/uploads/litbar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yapidurealestate.com/brorsoft-dvd-ripper-crack-x64-latest-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://mashxingon.com/my-time-card-6-14-00-5453-crack-torrent-activation-code-free-download/In PDF document text
    • https://sleepy-island-83204.herokuapp.com/lestrafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marketing6s.com/index.php/advert/desktop-mirror-2022-new/In PDF document text
    • https://valentinesdaygiftguide.net/2022/07/04/iobit-unlocker-portable-crack/In PDF document text
    • https://www.realvalueproducts.com/sites/realvalueproducts.com/files/webform/weijama68.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pepsistars.com/redmond-path-crack-free-for-pc/In PDF document text
    • https://www.prarthana.net/pra/hexit-crack-download-3264bit/In PDF document text
    • https://alternantreprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ImTOO_Apple_TV_Video_Converter__Free.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divyendurai.com/partizion-crack-free-x64-updated/In PDF document text
    • http://lawcate.com/portable-macrorit-ntfs-to-fat32-converter-10-5-5-crack-product-key-full-free-x64-april-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://wanoengineeringsystems.com/chrispc-dns-switch-crack-with-serial-key-download-for-windows-latest-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://www.proindustria.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TNTmips.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sturgeonlakedev.ca/2022/07/04/aiseesoft-pdf-to-text-converter-crack-keygen-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://conexionfit.net/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://mashxingon.com/my-time-card-6-14-00-5453-crack-torrent-activation-code-free-In PDF document text
    • https://www.realvalueproducts.com/sites/realvalueproducts.com/files/webform/weijama68In PDF document text
    • https://alternantreprise.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • http://lawcate.com/portable-macrorit-ntfs-to-fat32-converter-10-5-5-crack-product-key-full-In PDF document text
    • https://wanoengineeringsystems.com/chrispc-dns-switch-crack-with-serial-key-download-for-In PDF document text
    • http://siteslocate.com/ug93zxjtyxzlifbyyw5rug9/stos/clingstones.cropped?utica=/hydatidiform/zg93bmxvywr8blcwwtnkcfluedhnvfkxtmpnnu1qttfnbng4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda.kotiteIn 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
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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00003485.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3485 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000bc71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC71 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261