Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3097546b71795c42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: 7ebdf35e26dc54fb472592772cab29ad SHA-1: 2b1ab193e81b1c943f92f5c43c4c00db3e9c65c7 SHA-256: 3097546b71795c4262ef4f92303086e3703a36b915df12161f0ed788fdf81818
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which is known to target Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to allow arbitrary code execution. The presence of XFA forms and the specific CVE indicate a likely attempt to deliver a secondary payload, although no specific download URL or execution command was directly extracted from this sample.

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_off000001f9.bin
006c3e41beb3e59db2f949af9858204c5f81bb6464a3e7f602ce77bbeaa7eadb
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1F9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).