MALICIOUS
120
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious Link
The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing indicating it links to known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a URL that appears to be a lure for academic content, specifically 'cengage organic chemistry pdf quora'. This suggests a phishing or scam attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous embedded links, many pointing to Shopify, further supports the SEO link farm heuristic, indicating an attempt to manipulate search results or traffic.
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/wb?keyword=cengage%20organic%20chemistry%20pdf%20quora
- http://files.theartofclearing.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681443/mixokarebiwowol_magesofilenufe_bixetokala.pdf
- http://files.affinitycleaningco.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398504/9468327.pdf
- http://files.ilovelearningasl.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712093/gogenir.pdf
- http://lotirim.sprucecafe.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303124/244c2744b.pdf
- http://bugore.lebanonstingerswrestling.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606289/d4da483.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8127/7342/files/marvel_graphic_novel_download.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/40169505762.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4136/4890/files/tepuxomepavegiged.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8996/9820/files/folk_catholicism_in_the_philippines.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0722/1661/files/1435114942.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6671/0433/files/81221041082.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6079/6318/files/northstar_4_reading_and_writing.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/72707516801.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3803/1518/files/zogupowugobus.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8062/9913/files/12602927959.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9176/3105/files/ncert_exemplar_class_11_chemistry_full_book_download.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7245/3797/files/digital_electronics_full_notes.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7061/1861/files/96084649395.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3640/8982/files/22928563458.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_off000073d4.bin461546c458473fb8e37daa09024d7b460b179b89aa1e8f655cafda25b1bc5f76 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x73D4 | 5668 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off000086ec.bin63d86be23b5cac35b5d589e57d324b7717ad66ad4fcfe7f1812a9ae650c5dbbf |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x86EC | 11000 bytes |
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