Malware Insights
The PDF contains a lure to install a browser extension or update, which is a common social-engineering tactic. It also hosts a large number of external PDF links, many of which point to Shopify domains, suggesting a link farm for SEO poisoning or to obscure malicious redirects. The primary malicious URL, 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=counseling+skills+checklist+pdf', is identified as a malicious redirector, indicating the document's intent is to lead the user to harmful content or malware. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct payload execution.
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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Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LUREDocument tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
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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=counseling+skills+checklist+pdf
- http://files.mikesequipment.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379706/8999476.pdf
- http://files.okds-live.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302718/1110058.pdf
- http://files.nicholasperryclark.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606486/3708952.pdf
- http://files.digitalxraypros.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739646/f98919.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/5997/9174/files/sevokis.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9275/5111/files/78207486766.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3337/0522/files/2154057449.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/1323/2024/files/25249370861.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/34803766861.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/65587220918.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6559/0438/files/tafiwapa.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/winoxilerudizixadejugo.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/45287622464.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4020/2142/files/vosemopewod.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3488/5796/files/vemiduwaradinubeved.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_off00008e5e.bin94fb19d12e08f0bed29feb131439ebcc73f79b6dadbe18247af81e3c70edb779 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8E5E | 5080 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00009fad.bin6b706029edf3753d91b44d4d56891cf786d3dd233c22608ab8fa3f377c4b0bf8 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9FAD | 10172 bytes |
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