Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ad2225c6cdd8e01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

130.5 KB Created: 2022-09-09 14:32:41 +00:00 Authoring application: ilaard (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-07-20
MD5: f14bec7cea8d1c9d04dbccdec360ac3b SHA-1: 658d3f2f8892d3a0a3402382f3fdb03867b1352c SHA-256: 9ad2225c6cdd8e01e85b705d8486db718a7d6f74576bc7a22ca1d7639dcc07c2
204 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0008

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://widesearchengine.com/gadgets/disintermediate.intervene?ZG93bmxvYWR8ZnkyT1RobGJYeDhNVFkyTWpZNE1ETTVNSHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA=QW50YXJlcyBNaWMgTW9kIEVGWCAoTUFDIFBDKSAtQ09SRQQW5&fathoming=outwitting PDF link annotation
    • http://www.prokaivos.fi/wp-content/uploads/symantec_mail_security_for_microsoft_exchange_license_crack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumakart.com/fasttrack-schedule-10-for-windows-crack-2021ed/In PDF document text
    • https://pacific-island-85303.herokuapp.com/winielli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deeprooted.life/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/felubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conbluetooth.net/?p=57612In PDF document text
    • http://www.fangyao.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wondershare_Recoverit_82523_Crack_rar_UPD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okutimur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/luxonix_purity_vst_64_bits99.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protected-mesa-76030.herokuapp.com/Download_Idm_Tanpa_Serial_Number_Selamanya.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djolof-assurance.com/?p=59219In PDF document text
    • https://fontjedi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/os_book_by_william_stallings_pdf_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstonhousepc.com/khakishadowsbykmarifpdffreedownload-hot/In PDF document text
    • https://entrelink.hk/uncategorized/crack-netlux-antivirus-1-0-0-3-key-generator-checked-updated/In PDF document text
    • http://www.bayislistings.com/horror-story-5-full-movie-in-hindi-download-repack/In PDF document text
    • https://sanantoniowritersguild.org/laser-show-designer-quickshow-2-0-crack-exclusiveed/In PDF document text
    • https://www.the-fox.it/2022/09/09/pmdg-737-ngx-dll-crack-__hot__/In PDF document text
    • https://www.mycatchyphrases.com/environment-project-in-marathi-pdf-download-new/In PDF document text
    • https://guarded-plains-57254.herokuapp.com/Audials_One_Platinum_20190114000_Crack_Latest.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glacial-bayou-60812.herokuapp.com/Xtreme_Codes_Iptv_Panel_Nulled_Scriptl.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powerful-bastion-12804.herokuapp.com/mapilab_duplicate_email_remover_218_keygen_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afternoon-dusk-09576.herokuapp.com/Strucad_V155_Crack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://widesearchengine.com/gadgets/disintermediate.intervene?zg93bmxvywr8znkyt1robgjyedhnvfkytwpzne1ettvnshg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda=qw50yxjlcybnawmgtw9kievgwcaotufdifbdksatq09srqqw5&fathoming=outwittingIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fangyao.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/wondershare_recoverit_82523_crack_rar_upd.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
font_00_sfnt_off0000171a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171A 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off00009f06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9F06 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261