Malware Insights
The PDF file contains multiple embedded links, with one identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text that suggests it is a form, and the presence of a phone number lure further supports a callback phishing or tech-support scam pretext. The primary malicious URL identified is ttraff.com, which redirects to a page related to 'va form 28 1900 pdf'. Numerous other PDF links are present, many hosted on Shopify, likely part of a link farm to improve search engine ranking for malicious content.
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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Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LUREDocument asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns
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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=va+form+28+1900+pdf
- http://files.americanlibertyforum.org/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303035/5894735.pdf
- http://files.betinagozo.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636956/c50fbe338d1.pdf
- http://files.antifrailproducts.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132683330/pumetuz.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7777/1164/files/68431706250.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7691/0242/files/13914348185.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4059/5352/files/tutikuruxaxepalitobej.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1310/2998/files/noribi.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2080/4518/files/mukarovalazol.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7791/9129/files/jamos.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6397/5835/files/15897713771.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9474/6023/files/51702748769.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3427/2159/files/59274124111.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6587/6379/files/66137486363.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1915/8183/files/fupiropamimadewenage.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/5084/1750/files/21439814332.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_off00007ca8.bin0c3dd7cc8f81d4beee6a379e16a55f2c64c0020dff4ce78451a0e265b54a3e3b |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7CA8 | 5616 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00008fb3.bin8204a74f720baccc6e1865058f5a13559ea180d99e103a58c7c2f6a341c3e327 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8FB3 | 10824 bytes |
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