MALICIOUS
128
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious Link
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF contains a malicious redirector link disguised as a download for a style guide. This link points to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=associated+press+style+guide+pdf', which is a known malicious redirector. The document also contains a mass external PDF link farm, with many links pointing to shopify.com, likely to improve SEO for malicious content. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the presence of the malicious redirector and the link farm strongly suggest a phishing or social engineering attack aimed at delivering further malware.
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.cc/pify?keyword=associated+press+style+guide+pdf
- http://files.propertyservrichmond.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775974/jutuvewiz.pdf
- http://files.brucereevesswiftamericasartist.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131455636/fofogumeponemup.pdf
- http://files.darkpoetry9.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606000/mimimujirus.pdf
- http://wexodunax.rendlemancompany.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453329/1211993.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4667/4336/files/57726355247.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/5075/2417/files/active_listening_exercises.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1218/5499/files/52318044040.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/dofupuz.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9200/8357/files/zuzejuxefirujomifawem.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3062/5950/files/29452586007.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5077/9295/files/mejanijadepeniresonota.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7731/2411/files/galuw.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4456/8220/files/gate_2020_eligibility_document.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4209/4756/files/duwelaratajojigumon.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6513/0660/files/lepesivexoriwumemebeda.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6365/6099/files/62481308112.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4143/1464/files/rewuzoxu.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_off00007c05.bin36042bd7bd41fc19ddf9ee10c0ac5e0140a0f0d1dbfe87519aa78bcf27e68edb |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7C05 | 5416 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00008e87.bin1780ddc21c1de7577943512f04a459e8ecb4345257b5215c40221c70604486ca |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8E87 | 10428 bytes |
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