Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b1dea0d03cf7cda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 063795627db5f068d572125d74aa679b SHA-1: d567d799e6e3b7dd712a95151e709741672bc057 SHA-256: 2b1dea0d03cf7cdabf0b70dec18da4cd4d78dc11d2735ab3f221dec61bb6672c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This indicates the file is designed to exploit a known vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, likely as a dropper for further malware.

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
1627f783d5d2e97d3c574a23b934733670b5f58e87c83ca3332990d48d89caae
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).