Malware Insights
The PDF contains a heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'ttraff.ru'. This URL is associated with a lure for 'skidrow watch dogs 2', suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The document also contains a link farm heuristic, indicating a large number of external links, many hosted on Shopify. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was heavily obfuscated, but the primary malicious activity appears to be redirecting users to malicious infrastructure via embedded links.
Heuristics 4
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PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINKPDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
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Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARMSmall 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.
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Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTONDocument contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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 https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=skidrow+watch+dogs+2
- http://files.professorcole.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131857580/bixokumafikil.pdf
- http://files.royalreadsandreviews.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695258/5761173.pdf
- http://files.petesenoffphotographics.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776110/2843535.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6337/8081/files/vumijat.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4571/5109/files/zajiribiveruxixut.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5168/7848/files/44178301138.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8439/9270/files/fisuvonus.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9902/7611/files/giwuxinususig.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1987/8048/files/kixizuvozajaz.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8807/7209/files/88499660140.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0657/4240/files/83753001979.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4506/0762/files/memebili.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0447/1826/0377/files/e5_92_b8_e9_b1_bc.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5240/7704/files/36658994160.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/buxidumex.pdf
- http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
font_00_sfnt_off000058a2.bin1e5d7a374325c18fbf6f55b18d5f386e8ae3ab8741ddc5f8e80cf7300719add3 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x58A2 | 5560 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00006b9e.bin329c925eb793f766041ef3067ce7329bd09e0e6b0ec6f6399c20b111f00911f0 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B9E | 10284 bytes |
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