Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bb6de6202d67418…

MALICIOUS

PDF

313.1 KB Created: 2010-05-09 20:59:51 Authoring application: Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management (via TCPDF 2.5.000_PHP4 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: c60b967a8f47b9403509e9ee29db5bd6 SHA-1: 9f3fac77dff88cc5ce552234371008fdde8a7db5 SHA-256: 1bb6de6202d67418ff696d48441f0dc8c0964b89a56eb313fabc7ce15ac82df1
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a hidden HTML iframe, which is a common technique for redirecting users to malicious sites. ClamAV also detected this file as Html.Spyware.IMG-7. The embedded URL points to an unknown reputation site, further increasing suspicion. The PDF structure and the presence of an iframe suggest an attempt to exploit a vulnerability or lure the user to a compromised site.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Html.Spyware.IMG-7 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Html.Spyware.IMG-7
  • PDF contains hidden external HTML iframe high PDF_HIDDEN_HTML_IFRAME
    PDF bytes contain a hidden zero-size HTML iframe pointing to an external HTTP(S) URL. This is a strong malicious dropper/redirect indicator and is not expected in ordinary PDF content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One 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 http://www.codeforum.cn/free/max1.htm
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/iX/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/tiff/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://www.iec.ch

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000b76c.bin
a5337ef1f5a0dfe4dc8fa6b4f3ef847a53624800b5928a0eeef5b888ceecaabc
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xB76C 264072 bytes