Malware Insights
The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external resources. One critical heuristic firing indicates that the PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=assessment+of+communication+and+interaction+skills+acis+pdf'. Another critical heuristic identifies this as a PDF link farm, with 28 external PDF links detected. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains the same malicious redirector URL and several benign-looking Shopify URLs, suggesting a lure to a malicious site.
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=assessment+of+communication+and+interaction+skills+acis+pdf
- http://files.mullermgt.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379395/1050696.pdf
- http://files.pellikancportfolio.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131381095/e8f4b.pdf
- http://files.kbesq.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681392/542691.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4865/7318/files/monosulijanadudumolinak.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/1725/4565/files/the_secret_bankers_manual.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1906/7815/files/sumoruledidaluteka.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0635/9714/files/safowasu.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3956/2651/files/xibasaxej.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4189/7113/files/bavapeloxitujegejofipimil.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1574/0312/files/rofilefebupepa.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/2446/3525/files/29668360759.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/6444/0472/files/marakisuwomusevesiwune.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1452/0995/files/lawakefamuxokuzufonejibil.pdf
- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/2846/1206/files/88789913879.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_off000064db.binc80b935bb2e72fbf0bb54bead4dcf673e2ee9ff5a06d35ab91e29c0786333a85 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x64DB | 1696 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00006d05.binf59506ef54bf03c840fba590ba46b060e1f796fccd5d86b1d02ef6df416ec0e6 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D05 | 5356 bytes |
font_02_sfnt_off00007f24.binf39482f4f161f91a2ae80f8e1766573fa27394c2d3ab683109b04d344a72b9dc |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F24 | 10168 bytes |
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