Malware Insights
The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to `https://ttraff.me/wix?keyword=gastroenterology+and+hepatology+author+guidelines`. Additionally, it exhibits characteristics of a PDF link farm, with numerous embedded URLs. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to academic guidelines and the malicious URL, suggesting a lure to entice users to click the link. The presence of a redirector and a link farm indicates an attempt to direct users to a malicious site, likely for phishing or malware distribution.
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.me/wix?keyword=gastroenterology+and+hepatology+author+guidelines
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/3e0cb9_203ba9e0f7cb4ae8b15aa030b33972e1.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/18f527_7611f18773b14b8aa15a46ba8e00dc33.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/a2d007_36c2e692f0e74208865a16ed9a5ecc95.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/6a44d8_90059339f1684f168a378b1c0da3b93d.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/2203/8686/files/alone_boy_hd_wallpaper.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2718/5311/files/invisible_inc_beginners_guide.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2617/7438/files/minecraft_seed_map_viewer.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9078/8000/files/23334657404.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/7243/6889/files/31688886290.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3251/8549/files/58963857244.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6671/0426/files/49719971973.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/d1c05f_83b6684a161f4a0e87d42e589c540d7d.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_ad56bf27fbdd4f50aa7d76d2fb30a763.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_d20b110532c74c6eb7e66faf85c44d35.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/edb4a7_8f1fb652f62541db958c3afa35ea36dd.pdf
- https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/dc6899_406f92afc8104128a88b3e1d2e1a614c.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_off0000a3ba.bin757c24b7d42f372ec41f4cf9b7f223da3a78ea45dba8b94f924949b398790c88 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA3BA | 5236 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off0000b585.bin905dc525acc58cb8e3669d2def98b4871cac90812ff5b87253aa9345f257d1b9 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB585 | 10912 bytes |
font_02_sfnt_off0000da9d.bin4fcfa7c68d76e23b667942a3ac892d2d5d88346478daafc61479ad4df4af3dd3 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9D | 4324 bytes |
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