Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8b65813dacfc2cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

142.7 KB Created: 2022-06-11 05:47:14 +02:00 Authoring application: yakmoll (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-06
MD5: 164c368564d671e107185f69d1adf547 SHA-1: 6abab8ec6c0b8f6dccad10a1675ccc7f5b7d6f0a SHA-256: a8b65813dacfc2cb36184f79a48d4241faecd8c576ab38d2048c1ff0e881c846
264 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0006

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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/inexpensively.U2llbWVucyBGRU1BUCAxMi4wLjFhIHdpdGggTlggTmFzdHJhbiBhbmQgU0FUb29sa2l0IENyYWNrU2l/ZG93bmxvYWR8cXU1WVhnME0zeDhNVFkxTkRnNU16RTVNWHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA/billed?shortcode=joyland PDF link annotation
    • https://www.vclouds.com.au/asuravithu-malayalam-novel-pdf-130-2/In PDF document text
    • https://recreovirales.com/re-loader-activator-3-3-windows-office-full-version-download/In PDF document text
    • https://hissme.com/upload/files/2022/06/6p9NiYVF3SpRsoigoops_11_8db3be6fff590c28b44a8c24986cad6c_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamelyss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hindi_Medium_Video_Songs_Hd_1080p_Bluray_Download_BEST_Movie.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elc-group.mk/2022/06/11/camelspace-15-torrent/In PDF document text
    • http://ulegal.ru/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aureo_Yepez_Castillo_Historia_Universal_8vo_Pdf_23.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.club-devigo.fr/wp-content/uploads/Remove_VBA_Password_4788_Crack_BETTER.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://social.arpaclick.com/upload/files/2022/06/5PhlLQ4M5rWToSyvvj1r_11_a142dd0616da23c83ad97188090c6213_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deseosvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/olimdar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thingstosale.com/advert/3d-carp-3-full-version-free-download-verified-3/In PDF document text
    • https://mobiletrade.org/advert/download-xforce-keygen-autocad-p-id-2017/In PDF document text
    • https://delicatica.ru/2022/06/11/sam-broadcaster-4-2-2-updated-download/In PDF document text
    • https://aurespectdesoi.be/mathematica-5-2-for-students-free-download/In PDF document text
    • https://muslimprofessionalsgh.org/advert/bollywood-movies-br-rip-1080p-torrents/In PDF document text
    • http://cyclades.in/en/?p=45929In PDF document text
    • https://community.thecityhubproject.com/upload/files/2022/06/nDsGYgdX4F6rFv6DMahz_11_a142dd0616da23c83ad97188090c6213_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-streem.com/upload/files/2022/06/oqgfWhqabmqjLhYSh1Th_11_182d63eb3684d0eb23d4322104b51150_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.5etwal.com/descargar-ecuakaraoke-para-w7-por-torrent/In PDF document text
    • http://fokusparlemen.id/?p=18325In PDF document text
    • https://gamelyss.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://social.arpaclick.com/upload/files/2022/06/5PhlLQ4M5rWToSyvvj1r_11_a142dd0616da23c83ad97188090c6213_file.pIn PDF document text
    • https://community.thecityhubproject.com/upload/files/2022/06/nDsGYgdX4F6rFv6DMahz_11_a142dd0616da23c83ad971880In PDF document text
    • http://evacdir.com/inexpensively.u2llbwvucybgru1bucaxmi4wljfhihdpdgggtlggtmfzdhjhbibhbmqgu0fub29sa2l0ienyywnru2l/zg93bmxvywr8cxu1wvhnme0zedhnvfkxtkrnnu16rtvnwhg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda/billed?shortcode=joylandIn PDF document text
    • https://mobiletrade.org/advert/download-xforce-keygenIn PDF document text
    • https://serv.biokic.asu.edu/paleo/portal/checklists/checklist.php?clid=6344In 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_003_off000013f7.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x13F7 120140 bytes
SHA-256: a217f12862e0ff75203bdd4136ca0d68471050be46bb09aed5306898926ffdd4
stream_010_off0001b595.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1B595 119072 bytes
SHA-256: df221e87b81d1531cafdadb6c09a602e9f604d1baf0a17bbd350cbb83baa06f7
font_01_sfnt_off0000c1da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1DA 76772 bytes
SHA-256: 07ce6fea3c98bf59133021be55ce9147f9c26365efe580a2a4f82130ca697f54