Malware Insights
The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to Shopify domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. One critical heuristic identified a PDF link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.cc, which is used to obscure the final destination. The document body, though heavily corrupted, contains the phrase 'Leaf structure lab answer key' and the malicious URL, indicating a social engineering lure. The primary intent appears to be redirecting the user to malicious infrastructure via the ttraff.cc URL.
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=leaf+structure+lab+answer+key
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1060/4705/files/vehicle_dynamics_gillespie_free_download.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0127/3758/files/gutaredesebemegozeti.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8923/1014/files/bojagoridetifoliwezufetis.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9981/4040/files/chiweenie_breed_information.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5965/8398/files/43824247260.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8392/3609/files/free_death_anniversary_invitation_templates.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6585/1542/files/godupoxikumiwiputotosaxu.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8381/7375/files/love_yourself_answer_album_inside.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/4117a9_357ba0cf7e3b4dbc817379565b3cec98.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/0f5b72_6f427cfbc08b40489d3b0ff62db76984.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_24f7d0fef4b5417e9c7205c9f62d74ad.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2409/7191/files/giresojavisep.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2263/9527/files/lazizelisaxuzakugifav.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5978/1538/files/96593924853.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3826/7809/files/bibezadezot.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5499/6375/files/cg_dj_remix_gana_new_2018.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 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
font_00_sfnt_off00008d89.binacb79d29a50245222d857cb21f2543c2d8d0b7545716de224e33649d8b782b54 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8D89 | 4936 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00009e7b.bind7383fdf262c24487bb6190278b79f69ece521514dcd85ce106b98d4bb9de072 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9E7B | 10648 bytes |
font_02_sfnt_off0000c2b1.bin0d0f64e27578eb124b8bc81c7eceacdd166e22eddd95c81328e9fbd7de2a6333 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2B1 | 4324 bytes |
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