Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29b6a3fd8b8622e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.0 KB
MD5: ef46a1e93ddd2f3d65bea7a0e1147e8d SHA-1: 4685682fdc3ae4e053221af5f9a96f61f41a82f6 SHA-256: 29b6a3fd8b8622e247fab89eec0183b37cddb4d131395faac3c6d99656a55979
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to download and execute a second-stage payload from a remote location. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the initial payload dropper.

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
1a4b6cf7d09ed3eeb3b6a122e99e7e7a7ac4b6224545f99d2a28adb8e333025b
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).