Malware Insights
The PDF file contains multiple embedded links, with a critical heuristic firing for PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK pointing to 'ttraff.ru'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the string 'Paracetamol overdose australian guidelines' and the malicious URL, suggesting a lure to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a large number of links, many pointing to benign Shopify PDFs, but likely serving as a distraction or part of a broader link farm strategy. The presence of a malicious redirector URL is the primary indicator of malicious intent.
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.ru/pify?keyword=paracetamol+overdose+australian+guidelines
- http://warelidid.3am.ency-education.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776760/nafitem_wufuwixi_vukefape_garoka.pdf
- http://lararuj.shennashepard.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406436/871b0b75fd7173.pdf
- http://files.caitlinanthony.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739616/9529416.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7264/2460/files/telegraph_avenue_michael_chabon.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/0319/0181/files/africa_twin_dct_or_manual.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2371/9845/files/51819376032.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1799/3366/files/92955175821.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/bewasovenajuwawofitef.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9544/0040/files/88442372563.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/4146/2174/files/caries_detection_dyes_review.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3019/2039/files/18952055042.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3640/8982/files/ethical_leadership.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 |
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font_00_sfnt_off0000975c.bin9e9d3059f7ade0105ca10f737464afa040bf1beb94c9b439009476ec6e251546 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x975C | 5320 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off0000a959.bin5692855cd220246fd6b0d3d8b2d8418d37a7eb4a0dbd6c25d868f71db6df341c |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA959 | 14680 bytes |
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