Malware Insights
The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external PDF files hosted on various domains, forming a link farm. One prominent URL, 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=samples+of+argumentative+essay+writing+pdf', is identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to essay writing and the tool wkhtmltopdf, suggesting a lure to disguise the malicious redirection. The primary attack pattern involves redirecting users to malicious infrastructure through a deceptive link farm.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
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.cc/pify?keyword=samples+of+argumentative+essay+writing+pdf
- http://files.maryimmaculategallatin.org/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871614/1968874.pdf
- http://siwoko.unlimitedpotentialaz.org/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383965/832714.pdf
- http://files.pawsablyhome.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407692/kobowemarozopivo.pdf
- http://files.rollepodiatry.co.uk/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874585/e09b5de7bb0.pdf
- http://disapafup.rbkfreshfitfood.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856177/6969414.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0742/6216/files/tonunowatavifupewazopidan.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5004/9446/files/long_510_tractor_manual.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1762/3959/files/karowibamujudifit.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1795/9586/files/centrifugal_blower_impeller_design.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7929/3338/files/50660523633.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8475/0747/files/artificial_neural_network_using_python.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6275/4461/files/skate_3_cheats_codes_ps3.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0778/6654/files/tebutufivimoxi.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6427/8686/files/mass_tag_editor_tumblr.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3938/1912/files/fojubatulovis.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/5764/9566/files/47307905654.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_off00007a7b.binec8f5d78faeb3a089f76b9673888d1ae837aa8d8f27a52e8f734c7cb23a4cada |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A7B | 5720 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00008df8.bin64b2818a13dddbac6491546d13f18ce0d8a89ff7be75258b33a42ae073dd8e21 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8DF8 | 10204 bytes |
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