Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ca19908c1457349…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 84dfaf254935cd53e8d307421c74b0b4 SHA-1: 75d04150f40acdd4cf012d77f942c92f1ed3358f SHA-256: 1ca19908c14573493bb57a15e96f75931ea39dcf384facf3d63e0c35198680a6
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This indicates the document is designed to deliver a malicious payload upon opening in a vulnerable application. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the dropped malware.

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
633fe8a592ed8cc4762e016fd91b55cd0ea41e07f009d4f3d5cb136abfbecd57
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).