PDF malware analysis — malicious · 1a613b9dc07afc2e

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 5787b8d6359c98c4c7414a3e71a7adbc SHA-1: 5380a6d66ad651149848e7b985af7b18fb01e5f3 SHA-256: 1a613b9dc07afc2ee33e00dd8265e81a432fc717fd42740e7cfed7a242cc911c

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded file and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Heuristics 5

Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188

PDF contains XFA image data with an inline crafted TIFF payload and shellcode/delivery markers. This is the data-bound variant of the CVE-2010-0188 Adobe Reader LibTIFF/XFA exploit shape.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `bbf97e0e5c62dcf0ce80d3a708a74bbd69c89b467e62e00a9137985e61d2d500`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D	13415 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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