Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27521fd159b3296f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 0454dfad21949efbff5e2d5cb5e3188a SHA-1: ffa51f53943bb8611d91a54bdb629bff5d76b5ce SHA-256: 27521fd159b3296f7c4d14f8e98c9ebc01aa1628e484897a43ec1b0a309d3cfe
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing. This exploit is designed to execute a dropped payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90'. The embedded file and XFA form structure are consistent with exploit delivery mechanisms.

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
fa398335f1d98282da007bb22241d0ee72350123c43fa3f4fa1661078b7dbb67
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).