Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9c4c0845294617f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.1 KB Created: 2022-07-25 06:59:08 +00:00 Authoring application: veetmira (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-26
MD5: 22a74a7520b7baa0672a0846dfdb1d18 SHA-1: 3121339d8f38fbd70b4667c86a813338a3d4f1ed SHA-256: a9c4c0845294617fc045626f911748b42261f79e61e5c598dae251d041e40ff9
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://rocketcarrental.com/whizz/ZG93bmxvYWR8cVc1T1hFMlozeDhNVFkxT0RJeE9EazROWHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA/U2FraGkgQmhhYm9uYSBLYWhhcmUgQm9sZSBCeSBMYXRhIE1hbmdlc2hrYXIgTXAzIERvd25sb2FkU2F/crank?feeeeel=gulet& PDF link annotation
    • https://evenimenteideale.ro/twentynine-palms-2003-dvdrip-xvid-patched-download/In PDF document text
    • https://kalapor.com/the-amazing-spider-man-movie-hd-download-kickass-utorrent-link/In PDF document text
    • https://www.hempfulness.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/netscantools_pro_v11_full_version.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hominginportland.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Dwelvers_Free_Download_crack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shankari.net/2022/07/25/manuale-dell-architetto-zevi-pdf-15-verified/In PDF document text
    • https://calibrationservicesltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FSXP3D_Milviz__Aircraft_Collection_Download_Pc_HOT.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rogulabo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/the_social_network_movie_hindi_dubbed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enricmcatala.com/xforce-keygen-top-64-bit-inventor-2014-download/In PDF document text
    • https://iled.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fizika_u_24_lekcije_pdf_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobverliebt.de/wp-content/uploads/noelkym-1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classibox.wpbranch.com/advert/apple-imac/In PDF document text
    • http://www.louxiran.com/username-y-password-element-3d-best-crackl/In PDF document text
    • https://ktwins.ru/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Formulairetechniquegieckpdf_EXCLUSIVE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copasulassessoria.com.br/advert/hack-ativador-permanente-do-windows-8-1-tutorial/In PDF document text
    • https://webflow-converter.ru/cakewalk-rapture-122-dxi-vsti-rtas-x32-64-serial/In PDF document text
    • https://www.lynnlevinephotography.com/corel-draw-9-free-download-full-version-with-serial-14-exclusive/In PDF document text
    • https://accwgroup.com/chew7-v1-1-the-science-of-activation-download-patched/In PDF document text
    • https://kasbocurrency.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/download_RaOne_mp4_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fescosecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/arihhedv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebonusstage.com/cube-media-player-ps2-download-verified/In PDF document text
    • https://kalapor.com/the-amazing-spider-man-movie-hd-download-kickass-utorrent-In PDF document text
    • https://www.hempfulness.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://hominginportland.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://calibrationservicesltd.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://rogulabo.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://ktwins.ru/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://copasulassessoria.com.br/advert/hack-ativador-permanente-do-In PDF document text
    • https://www.lynnlevinephotography.com/corel-draw-9-free-download-full-version-with-In PDF document text
    • https://kasbocurrency.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • http://rocketcarrental.com/whizz/zg93bmxvywr8cvc1t1hfmlozedhnvfkxt0rjee9eazrowhg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda/u2fragkgqmhhym9uysblywhhcmugqm9szsbcesbmyxrhie1hbmdlc2hryxigtxaziervd25sb2fku2f/crank?feeeeel=gulet&In 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_off00002b3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2B3D 84648 bytes
SHA-256: 0b6c48f6a4e931a4572b13bb2af9ad514b0702ea3c747f8534c05d2c57946ed4
font_01_sfnt_off0000b3a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3A0 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261