Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c00ee4fca8471e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: f6ae8863eb22dbf3822026e339be28a1 SHA-1: 56b4cd031db5297f6a222e61ad1fff42aebc2ece SHA-256: 1c00ee4fca8471e03921892a48d95e5e25646328137079f4cdf845da13ed991b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability, indicating it's designed to exploit Adobe Reader. This exploit likely leads to the execution of a dropped payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90'. The embedded file is a strong indicator of a secondary stage.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
86af0fb05adb468e388bde80720e95e28dcf81eea451fd1b75e60dbf9becf1ec
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).