Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14cd6b1e0eb963b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.0 KB Created: 2022-07-08 05:28:57 +00:00 Authoring application: eliinde (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-07-18
MD5: cf745ad374ef56d5fedd98cf04ada4b0 SHA-1: ce58a7ad3595aa91b8efd64c1b7dcc53f153ec9a SHA-256: 14cd6b1e0eb963b2314bb913538fd96262ff5b4066625def9dbe377b817076b7
264 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0009

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://blogbasters.com/ZmFpcnl0YWlsIHZzIG9uZSBwaWVjZSB2cyBibGVhY2ggdnMgbmFydXRvIGRvdGEgbWFwIDEuOQZmF/breakfasts/efffective/sadd?initiatives=ZG93bmxvYWR8WW41YURKcGFYeDhNVFkxTnpFNE5qazFOWHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA&guadirikiri= PDF link annotation
    • https://www.taunton-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1311/f/uploads/arpa_presentation.april_2022_-_final_final_0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giovanimaestri.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Mini_Ninjas_v10NoDVDFixed_EXE_RELOADED_unlimited_gems.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apasisapun.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Igo_83_Full_Pack_World_Maps_Torrent.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://richard-wagner-werkstatt.com/2022/07/08/band-in-a-box-2020-crack-work-full-serial-key/In PDF document text
    • https://www.privalite.com/en/system/files/webform/alarkai268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hhinst.com/advert/elicenser-activation-code-nuendo-3-crack-exclusive/In PDF document text
    • http://valentinesdaygiftguide.net/?p=43346In PDF document text
    • http://demo.funneldrivenroi.com/council/upload/files/2022/07/mRjj2s1kQORTTqXcwYJ4_08_eabb0d710f821fa6501e6d23eda1e528_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandvani.com/2022/07/08/mgsv-tpp-crack-v3-3dm-crack-extra-quality/In PDF document text
    • https://www.reperiohumancapital.com/system/files/webform/geodar198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connectingner.com/2022/07/08/hd-online-player-bloodsport-2-720p-high-quality/In PDF document text
    • https://tunneldeconversion.com/milana-kannada-movie-hot-download-link/In PDF document text
    • https://www.prarthana.net/pra/gt-power-software-engine-simulation-download-link/In PDF document text
    • https://www.distributorbangunan.com/michael-horowitz-gypsy-picking-pdf-30/In PDF document text
    • http://barrillos.org/2022/07/08/tony-bushby-the-bible-fraud-pdf-download-verified/In PDF document text
    • https://bridgetsdance.com/index.php/2022/07/08/id-card-creator-software-with-crack-exclusive-free/In PDF document text
    • https://wheeoo.org/upload/files/2022/07/MSdeSjIZV4BF5FHrAnqH_08_eabb0d710f821fa6501e6d23eda1e528_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areaspettacoli.com/wp-content/uploads/USB_Disk_Security_V62018_Full_BETTER_Version_With_Key_iahq76_Free_Download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brotherskeeperint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/k53_learners_book_pdf_download_free.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coquenexus5.com/?p=5347In PDF document text
    • https://www.taunton-In PDF document text
    • https://giovanimaestri.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • http://demo.funneldrivenroi.com/council/upload/files/2022/07/mRjj2s1kQORTTqXcwYJ4_08_eabb0d71In PDF document text
    • https://wheeoo.org/upload/files/2022/07/MSdeSjIZV4BF5FHrAnqH_08_eabb0d710f821fa6501e6d23edIn PDF document text
    • http://areaspettacoli.com/wp-content/uploads/USB_Disk_Security_V62018_Full_BETTER_Version_WithIn PDF document text
    • http://blogbasters.com/zmfpcnl0ywlsihzzig9uzsbwawvjzsb2cybibgvhy2ggdnmgbmfydxrvigrvdgegbwfwideuoqzmf/breakfasts/efffective/sadd?initiatives=zg93bmxvywr8ww41yurkcgfyedhnvfkxtnpfne5qazfowhg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda&guadirikiri=In PDF document text
    • https://bridgetsdance.com/index.php/2022/07/08/id-card-creator-software-with-crackIn PDF document text
    • https://apasisapun.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/igo_83_full_pack_world_maps_torrent.pdfIn 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_off00001ec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EC4 84976 bytes
SHA-256: 525f8b21977095f19d5893a149eb9162677ee8882353079f23559a6aa9416429
font_01_sfnt_off0000a7e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA7E4 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261