Malware Insights
The PDF file was identified as malicious due to its extensive use of external links. A critical heuristic firing indicates that the PDF contains a mass external PDF link farm, with 30 links generated for SEO purposes. One of the primary links directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure at 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=seepage+control+methods+pdf'. While many other links point to benign Shopify domains, the presence of the malicious redirector and the sheer volume of links suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or direct users to harmful content.
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/pify?keyword=seepage+control+methods+pdf
- http://files.imablumm.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164272/xufipu.pdf
- http://files.jvstuff.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776743/puvezusukovu.pdf
- http://files.healthypetspetpro.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856851/mexepi.pdf
- http://files.desertliliesbazaar.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969305/41e00cda.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8286/5047/files/bacterial_genetics_lecture_notes.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0279/0039/files/60352433988.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4845/9675/files/47112166193.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1844/5223/files/42008252899.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1479/7981/files/australopithecus_caracteristicas_fisicas.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3133/0969/files/jewolow.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8451/3440/files/luzufexima.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8833/9354/files/genowakuzujesomuz.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1231/6584/files/adverb_worksheets_grade_6.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6859/5112/files/54239261585.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3593/5388/files/pokemon_lunar_and_solar_2016.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6332/0471/files/22235634373.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2857/8467/files/jidanesivedifopob.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_off00008538.bin06b15b2fc460b901958cd3bdeffede266cd7070cb0ee520f4750adfb70941b2d |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8538 | 5672 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00009845.bin1e4212a923ea6957b9e224fca8ca3e29b204a7cba56eaad205abcea7ee6c6eb5 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9845 | 10792 bytes |
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