Malware Insights
The PDF file contains multiple embedded URLs, with a critical heuristic firing indicating a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure. The primary malicious URL is https://ttraff.com/wb?keyword=climate%20change%20definition%20geography%20pdf. Another heuristic identified a large number of external PDF links, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains the primary malicious URL and several other URLs pointing to Shopify, some of which are benign but others are unknown.
Heuristics 3
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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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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.com/wb?keyword=climate%20change%20definition%20geography%20pdf
- http://files.thedaveellis.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695932/5315098.pdf
- http://files.vedvalmiki.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380258/zidutogaramulemage.pdf
- http://kepobane.magicofrob.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776644/ramaji-bepak-mareko-lixizomev.pdf
- http://files.decaturcountyworks.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453453/muxafukoteluwufo.pdf
- http://files.dental-medical-connections.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813736/wibexamakerab.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6238/5045/files/audio_power_amplifier_handbook.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1329/9620/files/pubadutizimomima.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9094/3901/files/dism._exe_online_cleanup-_image_startcomponentcleanup.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8126/1466/files/6235832938.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0443/0397/4556/files/lokovopin.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4830/4797/files/62309787849.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2699/5621/files/89798760183.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8095/7598/files/58292835203.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/6968/4377/files/block_matrix_multiplication.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0167/5939/files/zawakimo.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/4183/3635/files/fosuku.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/3028/0352/files/neoplasia_maligna.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6304/1430/files/kumegeles.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_off000066f9.bin63fbda2800acc09180fbd73dff7abce127e82c9d89eecede0c6eaa83a2c7cfaf |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x66F9 | 5400 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off0000792e.bin844284d9797677a9b1e4942c7f11f49effcf7384128f55977356eed2f4620cf8 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x792E | 9896 bytes |
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