Malware Insights
The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which are hosted on Shopify but ultimately redirect to potentially malicious domains. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.cc, which is presented as an 'almont colorado weather report'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains this lure text and the malicious URL. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content through a large number of seemingly benign links.
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=almont+colorado+weather+report
- http://files.fairwaycommunity.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874610/zirubote.pdf
- http://riwasade.milieu-art.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740145/pafedorukoxus_poxif.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9724/2280/files/dikux.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8945/3473/files/sajaselozejuli.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/2500557594.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0452/7387/4594/files/benny_goodman_clarinet.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2922/4857/files/ageless_body_timeless_mind_full.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6238/6079/files/noxonofomun.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/4504/4902/files/vavevuvewaforep.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4978/8327/files/cesur_yeni_dnya_yandex.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0452/0201/4357/files/french_language_guide_beginners.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8535/7463/files/brosimum_gaudichaudii.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1516/0487/files/ashokan_farewell_violin.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0128/2711/files/xetep.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6770/3457/files/barbusse_feu.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4211/9592/files/2266881710.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_off00004a8a.bin119c233f2a7b59d649eb823ab8f81a553c4e162058593dab69fbc09c91420405 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4A8A | 5216 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00005c1f.bin6108fc2fea95b162fbae7577964d85cee8722be39c03005ca2e5c8d5b8b359c1 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5C1F | 9796 bytes |
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