Malware Insights
The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=ends+and+means+aldous+huxley+pdf'. Additionally, the PDF exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external links, many pointing to shopify.com domains. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same malicious URL and benign URLs, suggesting an attempt to disguise the malicious link within a larger set of links. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.
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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Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LUREDocument contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
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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=ends+and+means+aldous+huxley+pdf
- http://files.tzilvelis.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775084/eda2bfc0d3d9d5f.pdf
- http://voligom.thetruthresource.org/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814930/b74329bba5.pdf
- http://files.myersmindset.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775017/jitelufuxes.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9513/7187/files/cambridge_checkpoint_science_book_8.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4635/4594/files/rexezisovilewus.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7922/8837/files/pomelutogirik.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8413/6086/files/kirotosafuvojuku.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6604/8165/files/18032628532.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/0406/0071/files/www_wimp_com.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0450/0570/1284/files/the_shackled_city_download.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/7079/0558/files/borges_l_aleph.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2672/7580/files/ligobomugowudasekafafir.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8766/7103/files/demefokumapotupesuti.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6701/4297/files/2557369536.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0414/8382/files/kuluwamuwovasukome.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5587/3190/files/63331365826.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0593/3730/files/818563683.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_off00007a6e.bin5c35befa0b1cc49dbd71e113555216fad838110f5f0990e40e85c3fe44bed39e |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A6E | 5312 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00008c70.bin2adbd00123ce51c9684798fcac8e7b0597a1b70afbb2c9a7543bbd00fb47e663 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8C70 | 10380 bytes |
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