Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c1c170f7627de61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

133.9 KB Created: 2022-07-04 13:02:19 +00:00 Authoring application: rowirowy (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-07-16
MD5: f6d8ebcaaa50ac42ea2920e93740a1cd SHA-1: 9e11017d4ad0eec1984277c47a5fff98187e808b SHA-256: 1c1c170f7627de613bf1b96efb4cf933109918c5a1fb8d32ebb7462e44d2366a
204 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0006

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://findinform.com/gangsterism/bold?.ecuador=meryl&.aVN1bnNoYXJlIFBob3RvIERhdGEgR2VuaXVzaVN=ZG93bmxvYWR8Zm44YVhVemFYeDhNVFkxTmpnNU1qTTFNbng4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA PDF link annotation
    • https://education.azgovernor.gov/system/files/webform/elisilby472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cameraitacina.com/en/system/files/webform/feedback/click-039n-view-le.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mil-spec-industries.com/system/files/webform/Spelling-for-Grade-2--List-5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coquenexus5.com/standard-application-icons-crack-free-mac-win-latest-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://l1.intimlobnja.ru/libusb-win32-crack-activation-code-with-keygen-for-windows/In PDF document text
    • https://www.nn.be/fr/system/files/webform/job_application_form/resume/aldo-039s-pianito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darblo.com/siemens-mobile-phone-manager-crack-incl-product-key-download-win-mac/In PDF document text
    • https://pqinsel.com/pq/advert/ie-restore-crack-free-x64/In PDF document text
    • https://royalbeyouty.com/2022/07/04/net-dll-wsdl-importer-for-delphi-crack-serial-key-win-mac/In PDF document text
    • https://ig-link.com/notepad-nlite-addon-crack-activation-code/In PDF document text
    • https://www.dominionphone.com/multi-convert-32107-crack-free-pc-windows-2022/In PDF document text
    • http://www.momshuddle.com/upload/files/2022/07/C2qfbdSNcsDyy3Vlpa5j_04_bae9284b6ed22037f2d227de008a22d5_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longitude123.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ilbmoll.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arseducation.com/movie-icon-pack-42-crack-win-mac-march-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://logocraticacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Forte_Agent.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alghadeer.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ingelek_F2F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karnalketo.com/lan-looking-any-network-crack-march-2022/In PDF document text
    • http://liseyazokulu.khas.edu.tr/sites/liseyazokulu.khas.edu.tr/files/webform/jmencode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findinform.com/gangsterism/bold?.ecuador=meryl&.avn1bnnoyxjlifbob3rvierhdgegr2vuaxvzavn=zg93bmxvywr8zm44yvhvemfyedhnvfkxtmpnnu1qttfnbng4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbdaIn PDF document text
    • https://wmich.edu/system/files/webform/Orbit-Xplorer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wakelet.com/wake/F1GdWYKFuivb-lOUNq3m5In 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_011_off0001a834.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1A834 119072 bytes
SHA-256: df221e87b81d1531cafdadb6c09a602e9f604d1baf0a17bbd350cbb83baa06f7
font_00_sfnt_off00002cb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2CB0 84524 bytes
SHA-256: b68d9cfae48cd8e0441192bfd85683f7a8cc9e55db73a389cc4bee17856f2a04
font_01_sfnt_off0000b4a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A6 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261