Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed3a0c767ec2edb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.5 KB Created: 2022-07-05 07:43:35 +00:00 Authoring application: ranalea (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-07
MD5: 7829795a0e0c86da0926fb46108e3964 SHA-1: eb10dcbcf9937f3caa099baaeaf847b9c20a5ee4 SHA-256: ed3a0c767ec2edb57af7389aa4360fc5f92c2bd85bd27ea20654dd2942958c29
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://raisengine.com/boxwood/UGhvdG9zaG9wIGVYcHJlc3MUGh.elwell.gbaja/gocart/camus/jidoka/ZG93bmxvYWR8UHA4T1dkcVpYeDhNVFkxTmprNE1UVXdOSHg4TWpVNU1IeDhLRTBwSUZkdmNtUndjbVZ6Y3lCYldFMU1VbEJESUZZeUlGQkVSbDA/ PDF link annotation
    • http://cubaricosworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_2022_Version_232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_CS5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.footandmatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/thanwatk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harneys.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_2021_Version_2231_Product_Key__Download_WinMac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coolshakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Photoshop_CC_2014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magiclifequicksell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Photoshop_2020_KeyGenerator___Activation_Code_X64.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geoacademicjournals.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_CC_2014-3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://young-ocean-11414.herokuapp.com/lyndenn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hidden-plateau-32753.herokuapp.com/Adobe_Photoshop_2022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immigrationdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Photoshop_2022_.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michoacan.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/reiara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buycoffeemugs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_2022_Version_2301_Keygen_Crack_Setup__Download_Latest2022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://writeforus.website/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_2021_Version_225_Crack_File_Only__Free_Latest.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuttingedgelw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_2022_Version_2341_Crack__Serial_Number___Free_For_PC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peaceful-hollows-22732.herokuapp.com/Adobe_Photoshop_CC_2019_version_20.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fondazioneterracina.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Photoshop_CS3_Crack_Patch__WinMac_Latest.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damp-basin-42544.herokuapp.com/Photoshop_2021_Version_225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vallemare.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/lindshae-1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honest-celsius-05704.herokuapp.com/ellcogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harneys.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_2021_Version_2231_Product_KeIn PDF document text
    • https://magiclifequicksell.com/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://buycoffeemugs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_2022_Version_2301_KeyIn PDF document text
    • https://writeforus.website/wp-In PDF document text
    • https://cuttingedgelw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Adobe_Photoshop_2022_Version_2341_CrackIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fondazioneterracina.it/wp-In PDF document text
    • http://raisengine.com/boxwood/ughvdg9zag9wigvychjlc3mugh.elwell.gbaja/gocart/camus/jidoka/zg93bmxvywr8uha4t1dkcvpyedhnvfkxtmprne1uvxdoshg4twpvnu1iedhlrtbwsuzkdmntundjbvz6y3lcyldfmu1vbejesuzzeulgqkvsbda/In PDF document text
    • https://wakelet.com/wake/mB7D73Pw3DMIyEdQ_ZLurIn PDF document text
    • http://tromvabtu.yolasite.com/resources/Photoshop-CC-Download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anbanle.yolasite.com/resources/Adobe-Photoshop-2022-Version-232-Crack-Full-Version--With-Registration-Code-3264bit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trello.com/c/szZfwhMr/95-photoshop-cs6-keygenexe-x64In PDF document text
    • https://trello.com/c/6HCtKMJP/47-photoshop-pc-windowsIn PDF document text
    • https://vuerestatossuta.wixsite.com/celicale/post/photoshop-2021-version-22-5-1-serial-number-free-x64-march-2022In PDF document text
    • https://wakelet.com/wake/brQbVADg4QepkLRUIz-0cIn PDF document text
    • http://tegpearbfo.yolasite.com/resources/Adobe-Photoshop-2021-Version-2231-Free-License-Key-MacWin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unninty.yolasite.com/resources/Adobe-Photoshop-2022-Version-2301-Serial-Number---With-License-Key-Download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tcpdf.orgIn PDF document text
    • http://anbanle.yolasite.com/resources/Adobe-Photoshop-2022-Version-232-Crack-Full-Version--With-In PDF document text
    • https://vuerestatossuta.wixsite.com/celicale/post/photoshop-2021-version-22-5-1-serial-number-free-In PDF document text
    • http://tegpearbfo.yolasite.com/resources/Adobe-Photoshop-2021-Version-2231-Free-License-Key-In PDF document text
    • http://unninty.yolasite.com/resources/Adobe-Photoshop-2022-Version-2301-Serial-Number---With-In 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
    +1 more URL(s)

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00003605.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3605 84508 bytes
SHA-256: 2b7ba551bea82cc3307397981c1dbeb1b78486f95f2eb14e5e58d4e1b24edb0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000bdf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDF1 83036 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13e73e85a502a13969f6a5eaecd0b275a0868c045f80b7d64ed55d70678261

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