Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 205bb2e33f5fe3c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.6 KB Created: 2022-09-10 18:48:23 +00:00 Authoring application: elvasax (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-07-20
MD5: 1be90a8fe538316ba9b3c83eff2e2384 SHA-1: 42789d749ee930308313914761831a9ce55bf498 SHA-256: 205bb2e33f5fe3c3f1a6aa8153d29a030387aa1ced827e531ad8420eb6b675d7
304 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0015

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://emailgoal.com/fluxes.crafty/downline.ZG93bmxvYWR8Z0E1YjJSMGQzeDhNVFkyTWpZNE1ETTVNSHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA/VGhlIEhlaXJzIEVwaXNvZGUgMSBFbmdsaXNoIFN1YnRpdGxlcyAxNQVGh/kamaole/lamaze/pepino.frivolic PDF link annotation
    • http://sehatmudaalami65.com/?p=67090In PDF document text
    • https://cb4.travel/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AllData_1053_Q3_2013__Install_Disc_US_Domestics_Extras-1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supreo.fr/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Chimera_Tool_Crack_Keygen_Freel_LINK.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protelepilotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Neumaticaindustrialjesuspelaezpdfdownload_VERIFIED.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensoragencia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Kane_And_Lynch_Dead_Men_Download_TOP_For_Pc_Highly_Compressed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newservo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Maa_Pasalapudi_Kathalu_Stories_Pdf_FREE_Free_Download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthoceanandairtravel.com/2022/09/10/download-game-pc-highly-compressed-10mb-patched/In PDF document text
    • http://adomemorial.com/2022/09/10/csi-safe-8-1-1-rar/In PDF document text
    • https://practicalislam.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lezioni_Private_1975_English_Subtitles_NEW.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotels-valdys.fr/industrial-mechanical/mca-cet-books-pdf-free-14-linkIn PDF document text
    • https://empoweresports.com/vidblaster-broadcast-crack-keygen-freel-top/In PDF document text
    • http://atmecargo.com/?p=20350In PDF document text
    • https://healinghillary.com/lockdir-5-7-full-version-repack/In PDF document text
    • http://southfloridafashionacademy.com/2022/09/10/corel-videostudio-ultimate-x-2020-23-0-1-404-crack-verified/In PDF document text
    • https://inmobiliaria-soluciones-juridicas.com/2022/09/call-of-duty-2-1-3-crack-single-player-installIn PDF document text
    • http://yotop.ru/2022/09/10/star-trek-renegades-download-top-completo-di-film-in-italiano/In PDF document text
    • https://gulfsidechiropractic.com/download-free-avistep-3-complete/In PDF document text
    • https://mentorus.pl/dolly-supermodel-best-of-sets-2158-pics-rar-new/In PDF document text
    • https://generalskills.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/colswe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailgoal.com/fluxes.crafty/downline.zg93bmxvywr8z0e1yjjsmgqzedhnvfkytwpzne1ettvnshg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda/vghliehlaxjzievwaxnvzgugmsbfbmdsaxnoifn1ynrpdgxlcyaxnqvgh/kamaole/lamaze/pepino.frivolicIn PDF document text
    • http://yotop.ru/2022/09/10/star-trek-renega…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_off00001305.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1305 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off00009af1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9AF1 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261