Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c7d1db1dcf3461f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 2a81588e05f4d9ccb2295273fb688d50 SHA-1: c3ba0ea491319797e4a2bcdd180c20be70922374 SHA-256: 2c7d1db1dcf3461f0cc05f3b29706b2ab1b42fbac83a197de529acde32f15b2e
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution when a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader processes the malformed TIFF data within the XFA form. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is the likely second-stage payload.

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
80494f83218d0d8cda3aef2d67723f00a32306f98eacc4b4949867f5a20fe375
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).