Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a2afc805bd7c8d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: 5d8d3211bee4172d67b82ba9d27e41a6 SHA-1: db1d5b60568c4c0eca6e3ed60a39a8902d893d03 SHA-256: 2a2afc805bd7c8d1e62fee481d23efccc0afc9fb1c128a87aa2bb8703891b901
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. 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
41b81f459546f20ed87b344b588a1fced61e950d0438f83b8781429a826009af
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).