Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2170401ef4fe4410…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: 97ad59639e094918d19ec8290732af21 SHA-1: 7d7ac31b914ae671fdde59ada58033d94946025f SHA-256: 2170401ef4fe4410e9407e9f9219760323bdac05e2e092c1cbcf226be58f46ba
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit related to LibTIFF processing within Adobe Reader. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable application. The exploit payload is found within a decompressed PDF stream.

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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001f9.bin
50801f05de4b8cd25c3faf5962c3f1b4bd4cc6de892c3f8ea19355d388314cc6
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1F9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).