Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5508d328f3079bf8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

147.3 KB Created: 2022-06-12 23:46:25 +02:00 Authoring application: shenor (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-04
MD5: 297ee8806aee0055b117331a14ad728f SHA-1: c1d838b959aadef1a565bfa4b13bafa4a28bcadb SHA-256: 5508d328f3079bf89f7f3d399af7d7207680f93b50164f942a4cb838af05a086
269 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0006

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • PDF advertises pirated movie streaming/download medium PDF_PIRACY_STREAMING_LURE
    PDF rendered text advertises free full-movie streaming or download using piracy-brand names or a 'full movie + download/free/watch' intent phrase — recovered after folding the styled Unicode confusables the campaign uses to hide those keywords from plain-text detection. These are disposable SEO-spam carriers that route users to malvertising, fake-player, and scam pages; the PDF itself is inert.
  • 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://evacdir.com/kamen/acquirements/QWRvYmUgQ2MgMjAxNSBBbXRsaWIuZGxsIENyYWNrQWR/ZG93bmxvYWR8MmxnY25Vd2IzeDhNVFkxTkRrNE9URTJNbng4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA?/earn.ninepins PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mycatchyphrases.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hekpay.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handelsweb.be/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Prtg_Traffic_Grapher_6_2_2_983_Cracks.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omniumy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/darnnell.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elevatedhairconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Telecharger_Windows_7_Titan_64_Bits_Gratuit_Torrent.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sebastianarnezeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/frijahs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simonefiocco.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Patch5_for_McAfee_VirusScan_Enterprise_v850i_Serial_Key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbrelo.com/upload/files/2022/06/X2vsBuTLTlXmPC2ZGGmj_12_69c78df2bb63502e4f13a9bab87f7ee9_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.impactunlimited.co.za/advert/faceshop-3-5-full-version-download-2/In PDF document text
    • https://masteryvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Traffic_Telugu_Dubbed_Free_Download_In_Torrent_REPACK.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areaspettacoli.com/wp-content/uploads/GT5_Garage_Editor_V131_TOP.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.debeiaard-utrecht.nl/advert/download-archicad-12-free-with-crack-32-bit-torrent/In PDF document text
    • https://quiet-depths-68864.herokuapp.com/Assassins_Creed_Highly_Compressed_16_Mb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Gmailpasswordhackv11rar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasclanek.cz/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reunlau.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pfht.org/advert/hd-online-player-keroro-gunso-the-movie-4-download-hotgol/In PDF document text
    • http://fokusparlemen.id/?p=19506In PDF document text
    • https://auroracos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Crysis_3__Spolszczenie_RELOADED_Serial_Key_BETTER.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pzn.by/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/izotope_ozone_5_keygen_crack_serials.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuerzasparavivir.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sample_modeling_the_saxophones_v111_incl_23.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucorsetera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/satraen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evacdir.com/kamen/acquirements/qwrvymugq2mgmjaxnsbbbxrsawiuzgxsienyywnrqwr/zg93bmxvywr8mmxny25vd2izedhnvfkxtkrrne9urtjnbng4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda?/earn.ninepinsIn PDF document text
    • https://elevatedhairconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/telecharger_windows_7_titan_64_bits_gratuit_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
stream_003_off00001201.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1201 120140 bytes
SHA-256: a217f12862e0ff75203bdd4136ca0d68471050be46bb09aed5306898926ffdd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000bfe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFE4 76772 bytes
SHA-256: 07ce6fea3c98bf59133021be55ce9147f9c26365efe580a2a4f82130ca697f54