Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0c51c79abcf9c30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.1 KB Created: 2022-06-09 15:26:41 +02:00 Authoring application: ginewens (via PDF Master 1.0.1) First seen: 2026-04-04
MD5: 822d0da93d599c89efe391ed0f0cf755 SHA-1: 6658b6b50cccc61c726b8419ac98c0592ddb386d SHA-256: f0c51c79abcf9c30f2d30ee32cb25f575c1e4da670aea925e2c681128bca30c5
264 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0011

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://evacdir.com/artichoke/cupped/joyously/ZG93bmxvYWR8ZFcxTTJneWZId3hOalUwTnpnd056ZzNmSHd5TlRrd2ZId29UU2tnVjI5eVpIQnlaWE56SUZ0WVRVeFNVRU1nVmpJZ1VFUkdYUQ.incremental?SyBLdW1hciBJbm9yZ2FuaWMgQ2hlbWlzdHJ5IDI3LnBkZgSyB=okra/smpte.pile PDF link annotation
    • https://earthoceanandairtravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Paragon_Hard_Disk_Manager_16186_WinPE_x86_X64_ISO_rar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akastars.com/upload/files/2022/06/bmjQ4nSyeBS5qEaVGRU5_09_af3ae75d4d3ae4b0b120e762a52c1cb8_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vallemare.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Asio_Directx_Full_Duplex_Driver_Cubase_Download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yotop.ru/2022/06/09/samsung-st1000lm024-hn-m101mbb-firmware-update-zip-best/In PDF document text
    • https://poetzinc.com/upload/files/2022/06/gGygiYI9LBWSqPEwFkBb_09_af3ae75d4d3ae4b0b120e762a52c1cb8_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festileaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Solucionario_Ingenieria_Termodinamica_Jones_Dugan_134_LINK.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suaopiniao1.com.br//upload/files/2022/06/xiCvVjH2z6YEWwA8Qkfn_09_41d61db15c4f23fdc453a52180f6360b_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.preppersbrasil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Autodesk_Inventor_Ac_2018_RUSENG_x64_Crack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simonerescio.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mplus_Crack_Serial_18_RTW_License_Key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctago.org/xnote-stopwatch-full-crack-softwarel-full/In PDF document text
    • https://lighteducationbd.com/en/sony-blu-ray-zero-download-full-torrent/In PDF document text
    • https://hissme.com/upload/files/2022/06/DhdbCFzLxVfJssIS9pQs_09_0b49cc514fa1c10180aef831dfd2e65b_file.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thecluelesscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Wilcom_ES_v9_Windows_7810_cracked_free_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insenergias.org/?p=4423In PDF document text
    • http://shop.chatredanesh.ir/?p=22179In PDF document text
    • https://www.cooks.am/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/WWF_Raw_Game.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidmodell.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/udizig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajacomolocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/HalfLife_GOTY_Opposing_Force_Blue_Shift_PCGame_HOT_Download_For_Computer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harneys.blog/2022/06/09/chak-de-india-full-best-movie-in-hindi-download-mp4/In PDF document text
    • http://evacdir.com/artichoke/cupped/joyously/zg93bmxvywr8zfcxttjnewzid3hoaluwtnpnd056zznmshd5tlrrd2zid29uu2tnvji5evpiqnlawe56suz0wvrvefnvru1nvmpjz1vfukdyuq.incremental?sybldw1hcibjbm9yz2fuawmgq2hlbwlzdhj5idi3lnbkzgsyb=okra/smpte.pileIn PDF document text
    • https://serv.biokic.asu.edu/neotrop/plantae/checklists/checklist.php?clid=25937In 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
stream_004_off00001db1.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1DB1 120140 bytes
SHA-256: a217f12862e0ff75203bdd4136ca0d68471050be46bb09aed5306898926ffdd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB94 76772 bytes
SHA-256: 07ce6fea3c98bf59133021be55ce9147f9c26365efe580a2a4f82130ca697f54