Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cb5f9a0f4c419e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

326.2 KB Created: 2017-02-15 11:14:12 Authoring application: Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management (via TCPDF 2.5.000_PHP4 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: 60ed476bde19a1aecb1dddde1e44f44e SHA-1: 96e88653a36c97736bc28f0ced0a7399e25e5435 SHA-256: 2cb5f9a0f4c419e458f403ad73764a8b4788f29efc0f5a0c26aa085b9dc73414
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was detected as Unix.Trojan.PhpBackdoor-9354530-2 by ClamAV, indicating it contains a PHP backdoor. The presence of an eval() call within the PDF structure further supports its malicious nature, suggesting code execution capabilities. The document body appears to be heavily obfuscated or corrupted, preventing a clear understanding of its intended lure, but the backdoor detection is a strong indicator of a web server compromise attempt.

Heuristics 2

  • ClamAV: Unix.Trojan.PhpBackdoor-9354530-2 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Unix.Trojan.PhpBackdoor-9354530-2
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000c18f.bin
a5337ef1f5a0dfe4dc8fa6b4f3ef847a53624800b5928a0eeef5b888ceecaabc
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xC18F 264072 bytes