Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2edc51e1cc0544de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.1 KB
MD5: ca19a09042324cbce7367c0b3b9f20e3 SHA-1: 4036be38cadd199964d980759b94413fc0b2c7a3 SHA-256: 2edc51e1cc0544dec05eedd469fbbd947a8846dee01068791a695a6c141c8464
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to facilitate the execution of arbitrary code, likely for downloading and running further malicious content. The embedded file and the XFA form structure are indicative of exploit delivery.

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
c605be636b753dbb51eca2a70b0038ddae7c83da339a3eb9ed04967686aad0ee
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 24940 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).