Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26d37404d7ac425c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: fe47c2b3886627d212779da84fd0134c SHA-1: be58146fd492cc6a6f36424b992043e36c9cd619 SHA-256: 26d37404d7ac425c1229c77d5dc9bc131221cfd87946ecefff09b66c9da8a441
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload, likely for further system compromise. The embedded file and XFA structure are strong indicators of a malicious document designed for exploitation.

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
7eaa20b5a53a7e77ba0507dffb953b80343786875540dd6b7a9dc0504b2a645f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).