Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f3b0fa8b40e7ac7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: b96f214e9452b5de3e48c4e1e334df8e SHA-1: b3ba4eecefc7ca8ac37b1607c702fba5967b0d47 SHA-256: 2f3b0fa8b40e7ac71a28e11f9027b2f75293630e2b93516ba4945bd148c9acf3
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader. The exploit is embedded within an XFA image/tif payload. The presence of ASCIIHexDecode and ASCII85Decode filters further supports the exploitation attempt. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the exploit itself is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off00000207.bin
f240b036b6bca1bced030f9932abc905f60e8a5de6362448eebce30d5cb85eaf
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x207 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).