Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be462c1faa80ed1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

651.6 KB Created: 2011-04-22 21:46:48 Authoring application: Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management (via TCPDF 3.0.015 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: 958bf2710c8abaef97679548faa3cc71 SHA-1: 9f34c635688459b9add67326cf958fe73c02f212 SHA-256: be462c1faa80ed1df25078ce7ceed55d23bab9307dd863a591234a1203ab097a
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a critical heuristic firing for CVE-2008-2551, indicating it exploits a vulnerability to download a payload. The embedded URL http://artisanballoonz.com/system/system.exe is highly suspicious and likely serves as the download location for the malicious executable. The PDF's creation metadata suggests it was generated by Joomla! via TCPDF, which might be a lure or part of the infection chain.

Heuristics 4

  • C6 Messenger DownloaderActiveX exploit critical CVE exact CVE_2008_2551
    PDF stream bytes contain HTML/ActiveX content configuring the vulnerable C6 Messenger DownloaderActiveX control with propDownloadUrl and propPostDownloadAction=run. This is the published exploit shape for CVE-2008-2551.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open
  • 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://artisanballoonz.com/system/system.exe In PDF document text
    • http://c6.community.alice.it/download/DownloaderActiveX.cab#Version=1,0,0,1In PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000111a.bin
80ce46be3b4d5733393d911e720cc341eac961413bc8841086c1643fee9fc14b		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x111A 73272 bytes

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