MALICIOUS
130
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious Link
The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'ttraff.com'. The document body also contains the same URL, presented as a download for a stylebook, and a large number of other embedded links, many hosted on Shopify. This indicates a link farm or redirection scheme designed to lure users to malicious sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this social engineering tactic.
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.com/pify?keyword=associated+press+stylebook+pdf+download
- http://files.krshairandwaxstudio.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775784/simajefebakegu.pdf
- http://files.lickcream.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131483491/1345596.pdf
- http://files.mosaicsbyvirgene.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739697/9139705.pdf
- http://files.josephbrowne.net/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437246/wijegopulok.pdf
- http://files.hanisthegroomer.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438260/rutiti.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7898/4614/files/xinotanodubapo.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/3389/2763/files/46510537142.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/pizegavegip.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3179/6634/files/lobesokez.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0096/2967/files/oregon_trail_game_download_windows_10.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/5306/2043/files/types_of_editorial_writing.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9722/6402/files/13216491884.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/4170/8453/files/gimudijol.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8333/3786/files/71176851745.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/8945/9368/files/fokisonoxojagavujetewavu.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_off00006a10.binfb7cb7c673abe943b3a64ec51687847a23a68e498d16a9761b4408caf4f06cae |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A10 | 5536 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00007d0d.bin897035fe3eb5ea45d50661974878683e7a13ba6598fb9ff44c8a89d684378bc6 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7D0D | 10396 bytes |
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