Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2587da9a5b9d7d44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

243.8 KB Created: 2022-07-27 04:56:33 +00:00 Authoring application: ellfre (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-07-12
MD5: a7b07d2e9c76edf6d1a4e00d9ec5feb8 SHA-1: 2f61aea0d4a91c81b02321b89f5b4097ea74708d SHA-256: 2587da9a5b9d7d444038716e5160c7679d121a52b41334032841c75d77049a74
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://signforcover.com/chemical/togas.coverest.gwark/ZG93bmxvYWR8NmtKTlc0MmNYeDhNVFkxT0RJeE9UUTNNM3g4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA/lintons/thinkgermany.meadowsweet.UmVtb3ZlIFZCQSBQYXNzd29yZCA0LjcuODggQ3JhY2sUmV PDF link annotation
    • https://otelgazetesi.com/advert/love-with-a-chance-of-drowning-epub-format/In PDF document text
    • https://firstlineafricajobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Swartz_Textbook_Of_Physical_Diagnosis_Pdf_Download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firmy.radom.pl/advert/smart-choice-1-workbook-answer-key/In PDF document text
    • https://happyfeet-shoes.gr/ls-land-issue-32-thumbelina/In PDF document text
    • https://mentalconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AUTODATA_338_Key_Generate_Crack_Activation_Serial_Keygen_UPD_18.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nysccommunity.com/advert/sketchup-torrent/In PDF document text
    • https://infraovensculinary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/meigtit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buycoffeemugs.com/easyscreenocr-ocr-ae/In PDF document text
    • https://citoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Sims_Castaway_Pc_Torrent_With_Crack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albaganadera.com/sex-education-for-boys-and-girls-belgium-1991/In PDF document text
    • https://rosehillwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/WPI_2018_20_Dixguel03_64_Bit_BETTER.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boardingmed.com/2022/07/27/antrenmanlarla-geometri-1-cozumleri-indir-link/In PDF document text
    • https://demo.takewp.com/listing/tpg-explore/advert/ufs-explorer-serial-keygen-download-free/In PDF document text
    • https://campustoast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/EPLAN_Electric_P8_24_X64_Keygen_HOT.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weedcottage.online/?p=113067In PDF document text
    • https://fortworth-dental.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/jennbibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aagyardii6h.xn--p1ai/sigershaders-v-ray-material-presets-pro-2-5-16-for-3ds-max-torrent-9193/In PDF document text
    • https://fairdalerealty.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FontLab_Fontographer_5_2_3_Build_4868_Portable_torrent_15.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistrot-francais.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/vortens_toilet_tank_crack_2011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amnar.ro/?p=21786In PDF document text
    • https://firstlineafricajobs.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://mentalconnect.org/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://fairdalerealty.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • http://signforcover.com/chemical/togas.coverest.gwark/zg93bmxvywr8nmtktlc0mmnyedhnvfkxt0rjee9uutnnm3g4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda/lintons/thinkgermany.meadowsweet.umvtb3zlifzcqsbqyxnzd29yzca0ljcuodggq3jhy2sumvIn 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
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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00001028.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1028 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off00009814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9814 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261