Malware Insights
The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to ttraff.ru. This URL is presented to the user as a download for 'quantitative data analysis tools pdf'. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to Shopify domains hosting PDF files. While some Shopify links are benign, the primary redirector is malicious. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or redirection attempt to malicious infrastructure.
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=quantitative+data+analysis+tools+pdf
- http://files.keepmaryoutofthekitchen.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437474/4fcbeb3.pdf
- http://files.pbssm.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453990/dopogirokizas.pdf
- http://files.gcvaa.org/uploads/1/3/1/3/131382030/7264153.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9249/8850/files/metal_horn_emoji.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5865/8469/files/66280672014.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3289/3857/files/zanabiruxirarip.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5697/1432/files/star_wars_battle_front_2_cheats_ps2.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2285/9944/files/59736573752.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2499/0887/files/25684380706.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/1087/2728/files/advanced_financial_accounting_10th_edition_download.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/2529/9606/files/40265886467.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5021/3274/files/gaximolijenadexo.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0744/1053/files/pamipiwagufa.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8417/5773/files/birsen_yaynevi_yap_statii.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1510/0826/files/sound_of_silence_mp3.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/talijofazejodo.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_off00006b1e.bindd5354b411f52bb46377a29491cc33cfe2d075d7c05dd8094807061c43b88140 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B1E | 5164 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00007cd3.bineb28f5dcf28f9d36380d2df6f1ac9a075c107afab1d7909dea24df55bc3aa8cb |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7CD3 | 10116 bytes |
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