Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adbe0f4064de0af8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

313.1 KB Created: 2010-05-13 20:55:56 Authoring application: Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management (via TCPDF 2.5.000_PHP4 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: 260dcd51d3eb08046d0170c5a124726f SHA-1: 2100dbeca36a9d4cd1ba99c8970dd543023c163e SHA-256: adbe0f4064de0af822130bf1b7aadf1ce661adacb1bcf6fdd7cdf8781e5e8339
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a hidden HTML iframe, a common technique for redirecting users to malicious sites. ClamAV detected this file as Html.Spyware.IMG-7, indicating a known malicious signature. The embedded URL points to an unknown domain, which is highly suspicious. The file's structure and the presence of a hidden 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