Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9cc7169be439a19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.9 KB Created: 2022-09-09 08:55:34 +00:00 Authoring application: emmomarg (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-27
MD5: 2783c42c8a6d233700bb00e495119f08 SHA-1: 872307d704e871f3d80d48cc2c1a042e443e8d9a SHA-256: a9cc7169be439a19ea864e401e6051c43653fa9f3dc5eecbb6dac07ffe03c04e
204 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0012

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://thedirsite.com/ZG93bmxvYWR8VnI4Tlc1c2RYeDhNVFkyTWpZNE1ETTVNSHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA/hitz/distraction/phoneme.determines.RmFuZ29yaWEgTWFnYXppbmUgQWxsIElzc3VlcyBDYnIRmF PDF link annotation
    • https://jhutchinsonfay.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/TexasRisingCOMPLETESeries720pHDTVx264MKVAC351EXTRAEhhhh_HOT.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upiniun.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jaepay.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthoceanandairtravel.com/2022/09/09/crack-kaizen-software-asset-manager-2012-enterprise-edition-v1-0-1135-repack/In PDF document text
    • https://repliquetees.com/advert/cubase-5-5-3-elicenser-crack-epub-extra-quality/In PDF document text
    • https://www.scalping.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/havjan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romeroconsult.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nvidia_3dtv_Play_Activation_Plus_Keygen_EXCLUSIVErar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sheltered-shore-31965.herokuapp.com/yaelopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbahcaua4bk0afb7c9e.xn--p1ai/mathworksmatlabr2019a64bitdownload-__full__/In PDF document text
    • https://jacobeachcostarica.net/nanjing-swansoft-cnc-simulator-6-45-crack-patched/In PDF document text
    • https://warm-shore-93806.herokuapp.com/HD_Online_Player_Movies_Torrents_Page_1_ExtraTorren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nameless-ravine-70658.herokuapp.com/lildar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mentorus.pl/draftsight-2019-crack-full-keys-free-hot-download/In PDF document text
    • https://mauiwear.com/propellerhead-recycle-2-2-mac-crack-apps-link/In PDF document text
    • https://infinite-garden-86086.herokuapp.com/Top_Rated_Kinki_Kids_39_Rar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fairlabels.net/persobuilder-15-free-link-download-chip-online/In PDF document text
    • http://findmallorca.com/free-download-product-key-for-facebook-hacker-pro-hot/In PDF document text
    • https://nameless-springs-49987.herokuapp.com/palital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mycatchyphrases.com/assassins-creed-origins-the-hidden-ones-activation-code-and-serial-number/In PDF document text
    • https://realtorstrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Shiva_The_Superhero_2_Hindi_Dubbed_Movie_34.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yotop.ru/2022/09/09/articulate-storyline-fixed-download-cracked-32/In PDF document text
    • http://thedirsite.com/zg93bmxvywr8vni4tlc1c2ryedhnvfkytwpzne1ettvnshg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda/hitz/distraction/phoneme.determines.rmfuz29yawegtwfnyxppbmugqwxsielzc3vlcybdynirmfIn PDF document text
    • http://romeroconsult.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/nvidia_3dtv_play_activation_plus_keygen_exclusiverar.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_off00001ae4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AE4 84536 bytes
SHA-256: ba6e9a4b9b34ba31ff021b266a3577bf76295b805fe621d4a472e8f304b71eed
font_01_sfnt_off0000a2e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA2E8 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261