Malware Insights
The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, but one critical link directs to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'accounting ratios' and a URL that appears to be a lure for downloading a file. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the social engineering aspect of this attack. The primary malicious URL is https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=accounting+ratios+pdf+grade+12, which likely serves as the initial stage of a phishing or malware delivery chain.
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=accounting+ratios+pdf+grade+12
- http://files.alsdesign2learn.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407227/9fe03811c.pdf
- http://files.wendyscoiffure.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874620/sinimepoxabukipa.pdf
- http://files.greentarafarm.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814774/2633758.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2385/9873/files/41636320870.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/5231/7342/files/86043880178.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8763/4338/files/99780211210.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/5992/7448/files/42289317975.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5430/8245/files/ssh_into_github.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4856/6933/files/93341015623.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7101/2006/files/pgyer_movie_box.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0275/7281/files/rukexup.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6327/0815/files/tepagebafonajerasosut.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0290/4222/files/ziwilobowukurevawovibure.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1899/3307/files/dufirisuvu.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2359/6693/files/98246934756.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_off00006ab1.bin4359532d3944bfea86a5ecbdc82b726509b86bb82043d1487ede31cf0d96306b |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6AB1 | 5464 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00007d62.bin8d0f3820d0bdfa2e07efad8358dd822a1be5d580d361d78ff1871c0a89687b61 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7D62 | 9928 bytes |
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