Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20b7cb54cd67ecf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.0 KB
MD5: 69309cf153ae2fcfe54c0da367ec03e8 SHA-1: 977e9d2cb3f78a58f6a9c89824b59922d7fff675 SHA-256: 20b7cb54cd67ecf9bed3dacc58f8f07dd9196197e30cf6528ad83df6ffe37c03
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for the execution of arbitrary code, indicated by the critical heuristic firing. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the payload delivered by this exploit.

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
d071287da5d331aa1d635279c5da4b710d3be58d6072f530df8b2c71b3e0fe71
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 24940 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).