Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f6959c876232211…

MALICIOUS

PDF

138.8 KB Created: 2022-07-25 00:11:14 +00:00 Authoring application: lorwan (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-30
MD5: 7168de329a2cdf07aca77fad78c75ddb SHA-1: 969c0c23e127f35b4ead60fab47ee9e8e1ab3fd6 SHA-256: 8f6959c87623221197bb765ed99df39b8ce2e5f88705ef6015f7135a8855512d
289 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0004

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://bestsmartfind.com/T20gU2hhbnRpIE9tIGhpbmRpIG1vdmllIGRvd25sb2FkIG1wNAT20/ascon/businessman/ZG93bmxvYWR8UFUzTW1sNWJueDhNVFkxT0RJeE9EazROWHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA/dias&scalding?distresses=prozac PDF link annotation
    • https://over-the-blues.com/advert/contaplus-elite-2012-keygen-free-link/In PDF document text
    • http://pixology.in/download-hot-ice-age-3-full-movie-in-hindi/In PDF document text
    • https://conversietopper.nl/full-hirens-boot-dvd-15-2-restored-edition-1-1-january-2013-2021/In PDF document text
    • https://www.camptalk.org/prince-of-persia-3d-v1-1-no-cd-crack-for-the-sims-2-best/In PDF document text
    • https://gamestoreweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Gta_Vice_City_Full_Game_Mediafireepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thecryptobee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/clouvole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tilaomotors.com/wp-content/uploads/RENAULT_RADIO_CODE_CALCULATOR_Crack_BEST.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theinterantionaltribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Justice_League_2017_HC_720p_HDRip_850_MB__iExTV_free_downloa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuscomprascondescuento.com/?p=55659In PDF document text
    • https://www.fashionservicenetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ESET_NOD32_Smart_Security_603_32_64_Bit_License_Upda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dragalacoaching1.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/magix_movie_edit_pro_17_plus_hd_crack_free.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malekrealty.org/spotify-music-converter-v1-32-f4cg-top-full-version/In PDF document text
    • http://aparatefitness.com/?p=25055In PDF document text
    • https://hogeorgia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/checha.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.flyerbee.com/ferdinand-the-bull-english-full-updated-hd-movie-1080p-download/In PDF document text
    • http://osvita-olgynkaotg.org.ua/advert/ftp-hirens-bootcd-15-2-zip-full/In PDF document text
    • https://educationnews.co.ke/advert/crack-autocad-2010-x64-64bit-product-key-best/In PDF document text
    • https://www.answerwatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Silent_Hunter_3_Rld_Sh14_Rarrar_UPD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoeytravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/krismer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thecluelesscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Free_Crack_TallyERP_9_Series_A_Release_11_Build_189rar_BETTER.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://over-the-blues.com/advert/contaplus-elite-2012-keygen-free-In PDF document text
    • https://conversietopper.nl/full-hirens-boot-dvd-15-2-restored-In PDF document text
    • https://www.camptalk.org/prince-of-persia-3d-v1-1-no-cd-crack-for-In PDF document text
    • https://gamestoreweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Gta_Vice_CIn PDF document text
    • https://tilaomotors.com/wp-content/uploads/RENAULT_RADIO_CODEIn PDF document text
    • https://theinterantionaltribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/JusIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fashionservicenetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/0In PDF document text
    • https://dragalacoaching1.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/magix_In PDF document text
    • https://malekrealty.org/spotify-music-converter-v1-32-f4cg-top-full-In PDF document text
    • https://www.flyerbee.com/ferdinand-the-bull-english-full-updated-hd-In PDF document text
    • http://osvita-olgynkaotg.org.ua/advert/ftp-hirens-bootcd-15-2-zip-In PDF document text
    • https://educationnews.co.ke/advert/crack-autocad-2010-x64-64bit-In PDF document text
    • https://www.answerwatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SilenIn PDF document text
    • https://thecluelesscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Free_CraIn PDF document text
    • http://bestsmartfind.com/t20gu2hhbnrpie9tighpbmrpig1vdmlligrvd25sb2fkig1wnat20/ascon/businessman/zg93bmxvywr8ufuztw1snwjuedhnvfkxt0rjee9eazrowhg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda/dias&scalding?distresses=prozacIn 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_012_off0001a864.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1A864 119072 bytes
SHA-256: df221e87b81d1531cafdadb6c09a602e9f604d1baf0a17bbd350cbb83baa06f7
font_00_sfnt_off00002d15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2D15 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000b501.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB501 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261