Malware Insights
The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external links, many of which point to potentially malicious or unknown domains. One critical heuristic identified a direct link to a known malicious redirector, 'ttraff.cc', which is used to obscure the final destination. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to interview questions and answers, suggesting a lure to entice users to click the malicious links. The presence of a link farm and a malicious redirector indicates an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users.
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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Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LUREDocument contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
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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.cc/pify?keyword=customer+support+manager+interview+questions+and+answers
- http://pobis.randischneweiss.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437949/pesegiwomo.pdf
- http://files.tankuanaw.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379612/eda4253071.pdf
- http://files.stevebishop.net/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740521/9569746.pdf
- http://winat.kellysserenityhouseinc.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132680981/df7829f43.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4772/1892/files/wastewater_management_introduction.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4100/5480/files/dewenonimutijokarisewi.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/3086/1208/files/gta_sas_psp.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6017/3717/files/performance_standards_for_antimicrobial_susceptibility_testing_27th_edition.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8604/4572/files/resident_evil_3_nemesis_game_download.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5035/3318/files/18419046050.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9898/8954/files/zexufubuwikusop.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8283/2280/files/retegatoso.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9348/1885/files/we_are_all_cannibals.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0185/6679/files/zativigopokuxox.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_off000063f0.binb28836eb1b532236513921235cf85b3b3bfe80c63ac7467d1bf99a0f91050cc7 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63F0 | 5428 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off0000765b.bina4813cd67a7a5e52666f07b0da73f20b30c119984a64be11eb46651e8ff1c69e |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x765B | 10092 bytes |
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