Malware Insights
The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to a redirector service (ttraff.com) that is known to host malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'Harvard referencing style pdf download' and includes the malicious redirector URL, suggesting a lure to trick users into downloading malware disguised as academic material. The presence of numerous external links, including those hosted on cdn.shopify.com and other file-sharing domains, indicates a link farm designed to attract search engine traffic and distribute malicious payloads.
Heuristics 3
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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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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=harvard+referencing+style+pdf+download
- http://files.massoutrage.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738771/60f566f05c.pdf
- http://files.wildflowerrunner.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131397987/sesudugujupofovugex.pdf
- http://files.greateragapedeliveranceminitriesinc.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873717/ffc8b52.pdf
- http://files.urbanfood.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454521/9172709.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0441/8455/files/mixejigapukaw.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8566/9279/files/59448404717.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8466/1414/files/discord_webhooks_tutorial.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0093/9164/files/talatofozi.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6824/3624/files/cambridge_igcse_ict_coursebook_with_cd_rom_second_edition.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2585/8723/files/94328527603.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0147/0366/files/computer_science_careers_list.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4070/9527/files/ggplot_x_ticks_angle.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1594/5890/files/cerumen_impaction_patient_handout.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8055/5419/files/tarejalimajutub.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6083/8050/files/67473662415.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7678/0181/files/zunugapaxowopitiz.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_off00007210.bin7602aadfe6132af42602275348cb255940856f6b40034bf9dcfe045aaf0ac20f |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7210 | 5540 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00008516.binc3914b9916d21a9df1c5abd85cdb16ed362a8a64c2dc2497ecb03bbe64df8285 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8516 | 10204 bytes |
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