Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0984ae8c1857babb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.8 KB Created: 2022-11-19 18:52:47 +00:00 Authoring application: derjany (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-27
MD5: a5fb98c5cbaf55704f62ce52aab35e02 SHA-1: 4ccb46f95878621f8fdb289a558aa3d34629bc13 SHA-256: 0984ae8c1857babb2c6bbcf9d35313fdd0d1e0e6cff4bcaf1f210ab3893591e0
264 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0006

Heuristics 8

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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://hardlyfind.com/UGNiIERlc2lnbmVyIDE1NAUGN/?brodi=antiproliferation&reverent=/bierkellar/sprouting/ZG93bmxvYWR8aGU2TVRVd1lYeDhNVFkyT0RnM05qazNOWHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA/ PDF link annotation
    • https://myblogtime.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Illustrator_Cs6_Serial_Number_Validation.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onmoda.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ramjac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classacteventseurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/JailbaitlittleGirlpicsKissingJailbaitMixJune2009_63.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpapie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/One_Piece_Pirate_Warriors_2_Registration_Code_LINK_Crack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwttechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Descargar_Voda_Shitexe_18.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torolocoonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jinka_Goldcut_721_Driver_Zip_PATCHED.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetraditionaltoyboxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/restandr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socks-dicarlo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/wetgle.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportingyourlocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/volan_serioux_srxw08v_driver_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hhlacademy.com/advert/rad-studio-xe2-update-4-hotfix-1-crack-verified/In PDF document text
    • https://www.zper.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sundara_pandian_tamil_movie_mp4_free_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facethai.net/upload/files/2022/11/qzGQmwyluoo9yaXQoWK7_19_f7a9cb119b03b15a5bc80b734dafbe61_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanoticia.hn/advert/king-arthur-legend-of-the-sword-torrent-link/In PDF document text
    • https://4hars.com/ithenticate-free-download-crack-full/In PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaonlinemarket.com/silenthunter4best-cracknocd14/In PDF document text
    • https://aboulderpharm.com/wp-content/uploads/PATCHED_KMSpico_1526_Final_Windows_And_Office_Activator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steamworksedmonton.com/full-re-loader-activator-v2-4-final-win-activator-keygen-repack/In PDF document text
    • https://xcconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pryyaly.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashxingon.com/video-gratis-de-mulher-dando-pra-cavalo-repack/In PDF document text
    • https://www.onlineusaclassified.com/advert/best-seo-company-in-noida-seo-services-agency-in-noida/In PDF document text
    • http://ace.cloudapps.net/blogs/1538/entry/design_tool_of_the_month_pcb_designer_154In PDF document text
    • http://ace.cloudapps.net/?p=1538PostedIn PDF document text
    • http://hardlyfind.com/ugniierlc2lnbmvyide1naugn/?brodi=antiproliferation&reverent=/bierkellar/sprouting/zg93bmxvywr8agu2tvrvd1lyedhnvfkyt0rnm05qaznowhg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda/In 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_off00001a66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A66 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000a252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA252 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261