MALICIOUS
130
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious Link
The PDF file contains a link that redirects to a malicious URL, identified by the PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK heuristic. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to a thesis and a URL that appears to be part of a link farm, as indicated by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. The SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON heuristic suggests a call-to-action, reinforcing the lure. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL.
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=emotional+intelligence+and+academic+performance+thesis+pdf
- http://files.mrslorenzscience.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775162/dedosif-bolikosoji.pdf
- http://files.stringacademy.nl/uploads/1/3/2/6/132696128/tamomibo.pdf
- http://files.livinginskokie.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131378838/8736584.pdf
- http://files.worcestershireciba.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969576/vosoxekigotep.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9705/4631/files/23965820814.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/zonixalekena.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7931/1268/files/xituniforifeji.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3459/1907/files/jodazon.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/3577/6408/files/tateyama_kurobe_alpine_route_map.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9597/2256/files/28865964608.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1588/9305/files/xenebesotatuwalupa.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/42778697636.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3173/2125/files/anlage_av_2020_formular.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/3584/1944/files/denurewugavekasuvupusigij.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7005/3784/files/93112495491.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_off0000c361.bin8b86cfa22a35901bc49ea2855a399275d9b2619b8bd254b6fc5f75524edfe4af |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC361 | 5524 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5fa.bin8fc337d6c8fc9516552c052d0fb59e677fc6c1678f4fe30e7052b11bd66c6191 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5FA | 10368 bytes |
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