Malware Insights
The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and contains a significant number of embedded links. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.cc, which is likely used to obscure the ultimate destination of the attack. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to a 'self certification form minnesota'. The presence of numerous external links, many hosted on Shopify, suggests a link farm or a method to distribute malicious content. No scripts were extracted from this sample.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
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.cc/pify?keyword=self+certification+form+minnesota
- http://files.bonnetcatering.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738914/4978455.pdf
- http://files.getonboardnj.org/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856146/1488076.pdf
- http://files.nancysniftynotes.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398253/9743245.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7465/8197/files/sikakawadotisedegokexilum.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6763/7917/files/pivole.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2698/0765/files/12051743197.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6256/5795/files/letizivuwaga.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6572/7384/files/84503047601.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3224/7457/files/masixivitizivuma.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6394/3067/files/fisusezawopagupeperi.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6978/3720/files/95442396371.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3549/2503/files/4452885897.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6300/0734/files/33808837499.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_off00007e79.binff54790eab90e14e6db73a8a742ab77b066108a74e0b5d30b8e496703f8b39c2 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7E79 | 4916 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00008efe.binae3a84a3668e9926193c197c0d37aa714b7ee1eddb28f407777b2ced2b4f4bb8 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8EFE | 10016 bytes |
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