PDF malware analysis — malicious · 1c97e2a70197e033

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.0 KB

MD5: 1863aac1d15aa4d9784ac2a6bce354b7 SHA-1: 9959a2f2903393b9394bece905d67dbbfe88996b SHA-256: 1c97e2a70197e03388096de3bf3ac794a42c121145ba8ba8217cf735a9bbf575

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit is designed to achieve arbitrary code execution. The presence of an XFA form and the specific CVE strongly suggest the file's purpose is to compromise the user's system by leveraging this known vulnerability.

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.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85

ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
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
`stream_000_off0000007a.bin` `506445ffe8025cf0f838d7a88fb003c8501bcaeb686fc01af2f8f89c6251d524`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x7A	13412 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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