Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d69afa671b6b696…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 211327b465e6f25126c07d8f78f1b27e SHA-1: 50887778c930ea4833e82ef26fe710fedb6d237d SHA-256: 2d69afa671b6b696a04b50cf33c6656bc6e7006c833586843084baa443f710cf
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution, leading to the download and execution of a secondary malicious payload. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is the likely stage-two 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
88f0a93b9f17d663f89bce4cdb589ca24121f2dac54f4e607c213ef7abae9ed6
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).