Malware Insights
The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, which is indicative of a link farm. One critical heuristic identified a PDF redirector link to 'ttraff.ru', suggesting a malicious redirection chain. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'Catoosa county property tax information' and the malicious URL, aligning with a lure for potentially malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF links and a redirector suggests an attempt to lead the user to a compromised or malicious site.
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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Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LUREDocument asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns
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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=catoosa+county+property+tax+information
- http://files.divinefaithtarot.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636655/nirekunijuv.pdf
- http://files.thetrashtalkblog.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438532/260a7f.pdf
- http://files.zzaircrewreunion.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738710/709b36020bcc.pdf
- http://files.grvac.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407102/fegojopo.pdf
- http://files.bakersfieldbreakoutzone.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681296/6664111.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5035/3318/files/pastel_accounting_for_dummies_free_download.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5326/0706/files/54949985355.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0447/9424/9377/files/goxopekugasavajukikozaxi.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8391/4654/files/bajizelirekefasigo.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9269/5458/files/jemorotonadenatonevugelu.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6879/2733/files/machine_learning_algorithmic_trading.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0858/7936/files/rudram_lyrics_in_tamil_free_download.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9947/2551/files/ligituzuse.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3989/0327/files/1320244437.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_off00006ddc.bin6fb2692450c21ba6e222c0e3dc7aa03f12d95d1ac208ceb6e1ed51ca1d2d3ff2 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DDC | 5204 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00007f85.bina43a60e118959a10c9879899b105d693e237da8859fa307d844fb9867a7d4561 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F85 | 10444 bytes |
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