Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2481512aa5a2e869…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 85c870f43aaeabad1dde3ebcd537d2d3 SHA-1: 760deb95b37adf226d23387feaa0db9d82973af6 SHA-256: 2481512aa5a2e8695d3b18ad99658d79afc5bbeb5bb2208fa3532c022c1ca004
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a payload targeting CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The embedded file and the nature of the exploit indicate a malicious document designed for exploitation.

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
f156034707008e454d0c020109f0de4eb6f6600d77801f05f2e5a9c7c93ff263
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).