Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f3a5b55a8c71a45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

122.9 KB Created: 2022-07-07 00:13:39 +00:00 Authoring application: schmner (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-05-03
MD5: 4c60a55270ee71af4748c2e4d25433c8 SHA-1: df55c104d17263f140e48bbd0aef4ee8104597a0 SHA-256: 5f3a5b55a8c71a45fb520e0c4d62038af1f894089732e9a64abbe39a3b65fc8b
204 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0119

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://lehmanbrotherbankruptcy.com/?princesses=cento&clogon=fartsy.galante.ZG93bmxvYWR8TXY0Y1dWMU1ueDhNVFkxTnpBMk56RTFOSHg4TWpVNE4zeDhLRTBwSUVobGNtOXJkU0JiUm1GemRDQkhSVTVk.R3JpZGluU29mdCBBbnRpLU1hbHdhcmUgNC4wLjQwIENyYWNrIFdpdGggQWN0aXZhdGlvbiBDb2RlIERvd25sb2FkR3J.booksamillion PDF link annotation
    • https://comoemagrecerrapidoebem.com/?p=24770In PDF document text
    • https://dealstoheal.com/?p=6770In PDF document text
    • https://maltymart.com/advert/tanita-gmon-software-crack-websi-work/In PDF document text
    • http://wendypthatsme.com/2022/07/07/speakboard-crack-only-huncollected-by-adolf1994-upd/In PDF document text
    • https://www.5etwal.com/ntlite-1-8-0-build-7260-crack-hot/In PDF document text
    • https://kcmuslims.com/advert/my-final-mugen-roster-1082-characters-portable/In PDF document text
    • https://entrelink.hk/event/the-attacks-of-26-11-hindi-dubbed-watch-online/In PDF document text
    • https://contabilidad.xyz/wsservice-tokens-extractor-v1-4-2-windows-8-store-crack-full-72/In PDF document text
    • https://www.topperireland.com/advert/windows-repair-4-4-9-crack-keygen-free-download-latest-exclusive/In PDF document text
    • http://www.interprys.it/?p=36732In PDF document text
    • https://richard-wagner-werkstatt.com/2022/07/07/komik-ninja-hatori/In PDF document text
    • http://www.studiofratini.com/catia-v5r18-software-free-download-full-version-with-crack-exclusive/In PDF document text
    • https://discoverlosgatos.com/nero-2020-platinum-crack-activation-key-free-download-new/In PDF document text
    • http://eafuerteventura.com/?p=26595In PDF document text
    • https://inmueblesencolombia.com/?p=68177In PDF document text
    • https://luxvideo.tv/2022/07/07/nokia-best-bb5-easy-service-tool-crack-latest-22-hot/In PDF document text
    • https://gametimereviews.com/como-instalar-mathcad-14-best-crack/In PDF document text
    • https://derevoblog.ru/post/16961In PDF document text
    • https://toronto-dj.com/advert/wasatch-7-0-32-new/In PDF document text
    • http://www.brickandmortarmi.com/autobiography-of-a-yogi-in-kannada-pdf-top-free-13/In PDF document text
    • http://lehmanbrotherbankruptcy.com/?princesses=cento&clogon=fartsy.galante.zg93bmxvywr8txy0y1dwmu1uedhnvfkxtnpbmk56rtfoshg4twpvne4zedhlrtbwsuvobgntoxjku0jium1gemrdqkhsvtvk.r3jpzgluu29mdcbbbnrplu1hbhdhcmugnc4wljqwienyywnrifdpdgggqwn0axzhdglvbibdb2rliervd25sb2fkr3j.booksamillionIn 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_off00001790.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1790 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off00009f7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9F7C 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261