Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0ca01555ce9632b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.8 KB Created: 2022-07-12 01:45:05 +00:00 Authoring application: xavjala (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-05-02
MD5: 824880b58e2a5188e301ed4a0d2d102c SHA-1: 8f8eca8fe20d549e08a9151499b345bf9f9a48b0 SHA-256: c0ca01555ce9632b6b1e89cb951a506d8cc2cb30ea68c1d5d0fa546ab5cbc72e
304 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0006

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.
  • 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.
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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://bestentrypoint.com/anantha/classrooms?benfica=&TWlzdGVyaW8TWl=ZG93bmxvYWR8Z1E5TWpobWNYeDhNVFkxTnpRM05UazFNbng4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA&saree=basketballs PDF link annotation
    • https://www.smallblackowned.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shaind.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emsalat.ru/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Formatter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sober-loba.com/policy-patrol-signatures-for-office-365-crack-free-download-3264bit/In PDF document text
    • https://grupobmt.com/akvis-chameleon-crack-download/In PDF document text
    • https://72bid.com?password-protected=loginIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d360.fr/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Farsight_Icons_2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ylmso.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shanfint.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportingtip.com/cdaconv-crack-activation-code-with-keygen-free-download/In PDF document text
    • http://www.xn--1mq674hzcau92k.com/archives/7990/In PDF document text
    • https://tinilist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Meal_Vouchers.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiofratini.com/paragon-hfs-crack-download-for-pc-updated-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://vogblog.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Classic_Shell_Crack__Free_Latest.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.erbe-symposium.org/2022/07/12/mountain-biking-videos/In PDF document text
    • http://adomemorial.com/2022/07/12/axon-virtual-pbx-system-18-70-crack-free-updated-2022/In PDF document text
    • https://noobknowsall.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ovis_pdfRecover_Professional.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youdocz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Jusbpmp__Crack__Full_Version_Latest.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmallorca.com/flash-video-flv-player-for-dreamweaver-free-mac-win-latest/In PDF document text
    • http://www.webvideoexperts.com/password-generator-checker-crack-activator-mac-win-latest/In PDF document text
    • http://shaeasyaccounting.com/zook-eml-to-emlx-converter-crack-keygen-for-lifetime-3264bit/In PDF document text
    • https://inmobiliaria-soluciones-juridicas.com/2022/07/vst-preset-generator-0-2-8-crack-keygen-for-lifetime-free-for-pc-2022In PDF document text
    • http://bestentrypoint.com/anantha/classrooms?benfica=&twlzdgvyaw8twl=zg93bmxvywr8z1e5twpobwnyedhnvfkxtnprm05uazfnbng4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda&saree=basketballsIn 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
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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_011_off0001a409.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1A409 119072 bytes
SHA-256: df221e87b81d1531cafdadb6c09a602e9f604d1baf0a17bbd350cbb83baa06f7
font_00_sfnt_off000027e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27E5 84692 bytes
SHA-256: d29e3320ee66d461406939c7c0d3a6eaa85f264ee2b7f24a64a806ecc9e04de8
font_01_sfnt_off0000b070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB070 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261