Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9adfd5be34023dc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB Created: 2022-07-28 11:34:08 +00:00 Authoring application: jarkain (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-07-20
MD5: d846cbdc955fa4beb50981801067c8e4 SHA-1: c204930f9dd16c13891bf5d4e3c4d0b859cec9a4 SHA-256: 9adfd5be34023dc743e0cb1b55d2ab80345a7c035471657858135f797d509336
304 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0017

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.
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bestsmartfind.com/revolves.asexually.ZG93bmxvYWR8Z2s4YmprNE4zeDhNVFkxT0RJeE9UUTNNM3g4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA.anode.VG90YWwgQVYgQW50aXZpcnVzIDIwMTkgQ3JhY2sgd2l0aCBBY3RpdmF0aW9uIENvZGUgRnJlZSBIZXJlIQVG9/cbci PDF link annotation
    • https://yoga-district.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/HD_Online_Player_Pdf_historia_de_la_fealdad_umberto_e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studentloanreliefllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/glorech.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theblinkapp.com/autodata-3-45-crack-full-64-bit-link/In PDF document text
    • https://www.dominionphone.com/lesspain-kyno-1-7-3-295-extra-quality-crack/In PDF document text
    • https://mydreamfinances.com/index.php/2022/07/28/infinity-box-shell-latest-version-download-__exclusive__/In PDF document text
    • http://quitoscana.it/2022/07/28/englishforachangingworldlevel1studentbookpdf-hot/In PDF document text
    • http://www.trabajosfacilespr.com/fiftyshadesofgrey720pbrripx264yify-portable/In PDF document text
    • https://studiolegalefiorucci.it/wp-content/uploads/historyofcourtsbykailashraipdfdownload.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.techclipse.com/?p=54550In PDF document text
    • https://postlistinn.is/a-walk-to-remember-hindi-dubbed-free-download-freeIn PDF document text
    • https://tbone.fi/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Strobosoft_Full_11.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lagaceta.montehermoso.com.ar/advert/cutmaster-2d-pro-v1-3-2-7-keygen-top/In PDF document text
    • https://annearundelthrives.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/toshiba_rfbus_driver_dell.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mevoydecasa.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Iphone_Unlock_Software_Crack_Sites_REPACK.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lechemin-raccu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/crisweld.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okna113.ru/iron-man3-tamil-dubbed-movie-better-free-download-in-tamil-rockers-in-torrent-link/In PDF document text
    • http://www.giffa.ru/who/cs16dedicatedserverlucky13zipgamehack/In PDF document text
    • https://fatroiberica.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/michirv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supermoto.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/HD_Online_Player_Hd_Sarkar_3_Movies_1080p_Download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychomotorsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/435ed7e9f07f7-2667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yoga-district.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/HD_Online_Player_PdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dominionphone.com/lesspain-kyno-1-7-3-295-extra-quality-In PDF document text
    • https://mydreamfinances.com/index.php/2022/07/28/infinity-box-shell-latest-In PDF document text
    • http://quitoscana.it/2022/07/28/englishforachangingworldlevel1studentbookIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trabajosfacilespr.com/fiftyshadesofgrey720pbrripx264yify-In PDF document text
    • https://studiolegalefiorucci.it/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://lagaceta.montehermoso.com.ar/advert/cutmaster-2d-pro-In PDF document text
    • https://annearundelthrives.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://mevoydecasa.es/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://okna113.ru/iron-man3-tamil-dubbed-movie-better-free-download-in-In PDF document text
    • https://supermoto.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/HD_Online_Player_HdIn PDF document text
    • https://psychomotorsports.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • http://bestsmartfind.com/revolves.asexually.zg93bmxvywr8z2s4ymprne4zedhnvfkxt0rjee9uutnnm3g4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda.anode.vg90ywwgqvygqw50axzpcnvzidiwmtkgq3jhy2sgd2l0acbby3rpdmf0aw9uienvzgugrnjlzsbizxjliqvg9/cbciIn 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_off0000156b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156B 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off00009d57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9D57 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261