Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 205b8167080da130…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.2 KB Created: 2022-07-04 16:43:21 +00:00 Authoring application: fabikam (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-07-19
MD5: b89f40376173d84c7160448d70241a14 SHA-1: 855964a1f7ad674b92c1f77c3a745639e391a7c7 SHA-256: 205b8167080da13042228119541840c3a19449a0e1bd4eaf2c7cffe9ff9d0052
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://widesearchengine.com/ephedrine.feedrate?videogame=hypertensives&ZG93bmxvYWR8c1Y0YmpFM2EzeDhNVFkxTmpnNU1qTTFNbng4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA=isaacson&weighed/occultist/QWdlbmRhQWd PDF link annotation
    • https://hulpnaongeval.nl/wp-content/uploads/Samplerific.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onlineusaclassified.com/advert/best-seo-company-in-noida-seo-services-agency-in-noida/In PDF document text
    • https://perlevka.ru/advert/csv-tools-mac-win/In PDF document text
    • http://mentalismminds.com/sortea2pc-crack-download-win-mac-latest-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://yourdailyhome.com/2022/07/04/bibfilex-crack-latest/In PDF document text
    • https://www.empowordjournalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LightCA_Crack_.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chichiama.net/microsoft-multibyte-mfc-library-for-visual-studio-crack-license-key-full-win-mac/In PDF document text
    • https://dawnintheworld.net/furcadia-framework-crack-keygen-for-lifetime-latest/In PDF document text
    • http://mapasconceptuales.online/?p=7439In PDF document text
    • https://mercatoposto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IBM_Performance_Analysis_Tool_for_Java.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sb20ireland.com/advert/3herosoft-ipod-to-computer-transfer-license-key/In PDF document text
    • https://mandarinrecruitment.com/system/files/webform/google-translate-desktop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alltagsunterstuetzung.at/advert/gihosoft-video-converter-keygen-full-version-pc-windows-updated-2022-2/In PDF document text
    • https://maniatech-academy.co.uk/blog/index.php?entryid=5In PDF document text
    • https://demo.takewp.com/listing/tpg-explore/advert/autumn-morning-crack-full-version-for-windows-latest/In PDF document text
    • https://vegannebrighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Schoolhouse_Bingo_Crack___X64-1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.canbyoregon.gov/system/files/webform/wanharr224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tragolink.com/gihosoft-imanager-crack-activation-key-free-download-3264bit-latest/In PDF document text
    • https://www.beaches-lakesides.com/realestate/color-quantizer-crack-free/In PDF document text
    • https://www.onlineusaclassified.com/advert/best-seo-company-in-noida-seo-services-agency-in-In PDF document text
    • https://www.alltagsunterstuetzung.at/advert/gihosoft-video-converter-keygen-full-version-pc-In PDF document text
    • https://demo.takewp.com/listing/tpg-explore/advert/autumn-morning-crack-full-version-for-windows-In PDF document text
    • http://widesearchengine.com/ephedrine.feedrate?videogame=hypertensives&zg93bmxvywr8c1y0ympfm2ezedhnvfkxtmpnnu1qttfnbng4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda=isaacson&weighed/occultist/qwdlbmrhqwdIn PDF document text
    • https://library.uoregon.edu/system/files/webform/map-request/public/verochri21.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_off0000308a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x308A 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000b876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB876 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261