PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2ee59a0c00a2a07b

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.0 KB Created: 2005-09-29 09:27:34 UTC Authoring application: Acrobat Distiller 8.1.0 (Windows)

MD5: 45e98e334ce87e503e31e5104d2a9d6a SHA-1: 4c555995e8f767210af679d218352a2a8c43e026 SHA-256: 2ee59a0c00a2a07bff96dd3ba51122ae1c1b6c38b7cc93e7b502f44caf6c8ff3

162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and an XFA form, which are commonly used to deliver exploits. Specifically, the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic indicates exploitation of a LibTIFF vulnerability within Adobe Reader's XFA processing. This suggests the document is designed to trick users into opening it, leading to the execution of malicious code via the identified exploit.

Heuristics 8

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.Agent-36015 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36015
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0004.bin` `2b4375151121e8f8c0a7bab9fd46e8e1e1a2ef0f183a2a741cf223dc0dc7d307`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0x1D5	12826 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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