Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9cb4a294d4b904b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.8 KB Created: 2022-07-16 22:36:43 +00:00 Authoring application: santfra (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-25
MD5: e1899dab54e8c5d0ba4c43bb5c850166 SHA-1: 80ea4f56a66167f7cd120826d0e657a0f0ce83be SHA-256: a9cb4a294d4b904b3582280196e2a6d26a06470153e06c953b777cd50e6917c6
229 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0005

Heuristics 8

  • 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://siteslocate.com/buffed/bmFydXRvIHNoaXBwdWRlbiBuYXJ1dGltYXRlIGFjY2VsIDMgaXNvIGRvd25sb2FkbmF/cliff/harsher/hypothyroid=nonbelievers&ZG93bmxvYWR8Q1M1TVRScWQzeDhNVFkxT0RBd05qWTVPWHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA=overnighters PDF link annotation
    • https://lit-wildwood-23273.herokuapp.com/acte_necesare_eliberare_certificat_fiscal_sector_6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldssystems.com/wp-content/uploads/yedyzeha.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnoviolone.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ezy_Activation_Code_Crack_Serial_Key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firmy.radom.pl/advert/premam-full-free-movie-download-in-tamilrockers-net/In PDF document text
    • https://nightshow.pro/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Lallenamento_Ottimale_Jurgen_Weineck_Ebook_Download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venbud.com/advert/dosch-3d-lo-poly-people-3dvizvn/In PDF document text
    • https://youbenefit.solar/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/wadbai-2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfaki.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Rube_box2d_editor_crack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djolof-assurance.com/?p=33285In PDF document text
    • https://autodjelovicg.com/advert/plumbing-design-and-estimate-max-fajardo-better/In PDF document text
    • https://togetherwearegrand.com/crack-unravel-2-setup-latest-__hot__/In PDF document text
    • https://www.svmhonda.com/travel/structural-analysis-for-revit-2019-crack-new/In PDF document text
    • https://radiant-meadow-37116.herokuapp.com/hatvani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxvideo.tv/2022/07/16/spamfighter-pro-product-key-19/In PDF document text
    • http://yotop.ru/2022/07/17/thomson-reuters-endnote-x7-v17-1-0-7705-fixed-cracked-eat/In PDF document text
    • https://zeecanine.com/arcgis-10-full-crack-free-work-53/In PDF document text
    • https://kalapor.com/atari-st-tos-img-download-verified/In PDF document text
    • https://www.arunachalreflector.com/2022/07/16/virtual-music-jukebox-10-keygen-hot-13/In PDF document text
    • https://theangelicconnections.com/avtoskola-better-download/In PDF document text
    • https://stormy-garden-78148.herokuapp.com/command_and_conquer_3_tiberium_wars_no_cd_crack_v10instmank.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nightshow.pro/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://stormy-garden-78148.herokuapp.com/command_and_conquer_3_tiberium_wars_no_cd_crack_In PDF document text
    • http://siteslocate.com/buffed/bmfydxrvihnoaxbwdwrlbibuyxj1dgltyxrligfjy2vsidmgaxnvigrvd25sb2fkbmf/cliff/harsher/hypothyroid=nonbelievers&zg93bmxvywr8q1m1tvrscwqzedhnvfkxt0rbd05qwtvpwhg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda=overnightersIn 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_off00002cde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2CDE 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000b4ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4CA 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261