Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ac59b625a0e3baa…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

40.8 KB
MD5: 34cb9422ad271f5857a8e8a367748ac3 SHA-1: cb7d558aa4807678f88f68851bdba5c2ba441118 SHA-256: 1ac59b625a0e3baa4c0c2b686b88b1a0b43a35db79814df5ca7348e7726c49bb
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This vulnerability is known to be used for delivering malicious payloads. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
c086310cd7d83e70881938c5c552e87b7e013218dd2aa3f69919a9cb538de400
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13454 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).