Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a13c930804be111…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.4 KB
MD5: bc3517c88ca86fc5048ec4704dda01b8 SHA-1: 3ae2dec599851a5d1cae286ff6e7a4a3d3b5959a SHA-256: 2a13c930804be11193f88c2c5e1c7cf6b1886b302c14d076d27974fe4dba0355
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 vulnerability in Adobe Reader allows for arbitrary code execution when processing a specially crafted TIFF image within the XFA form. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the payload.

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
4be8ffdfb6a177b2c5501c746588de47aedfd581d288bf67e1e24b87e0305632
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x58 13345 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).