MALICIOUS
128
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF contains numerous links, including a critical finding of a link to a known malicious redirector at ttraff.com. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same URL. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. The primary attack pattern involves redirecting the user to a malicious site under the guise of downloading an academic paper.
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=indonesian+journal+of+applied+linguistics+pdf
- http://files.planningprotocol2.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775197/vusuralesulus.pdf
- http://zuvujokon.reysroast.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695744/3319898.pdf
- http://files.birth-roots.co.uk/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695663/wonemawak.pdf
- http://files.jorusin.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454986/f12a8529dc2e1.pdf
- http://burujese.pawneecityboe.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775493/jinufesu.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/1275/7400/files/anne_rice_beauty_s_release.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1899/3320/files/33983796125.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4449/4760/files/anemia_ferropenica_oms.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5152/2977/files/wozaropikorinupix.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2640/7833/files/29724689038.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2539/2035/files/vivurunivekerofuw.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1392/3228/files/lanawuvikubumo.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9140/9562/files/73150172068.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/4573/8903/files/computer_systems_organization_and_architecture_carpinelli.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2029/6090/files/nogoroze.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2424/5155/files/comfort_zone_heaters_manual.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1743/6327/files/korefonuveradokapofosow.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_off000185ca.binef1fb485b869e650e527360961c5ddfd9aaf8545ce9d10b3454500de9a3acf6b |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x185CA | 5336 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off000197ff.bin7f78fd89ec5f8a2623b43bad080e062832588b031b1ca0e21f5125491b697ef0 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x197FF | 11180 bytes |
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