Pdf.Dropper.Agent — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30d82adf710546fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: 6f9bde1eaf4e22568e4e2bbf43b14b2b SHA-1: 454b9a5f68b4b3240d695bce89696e30b969d1e8 SHA-256: 30d82adf710546fa416d731ee6b3d60cd2a716206f09b9d3abaf6fbfa1da417c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Pdf.Dropper.Agent · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV as Pdf.Dropper.Agent. Static analysis detected an embedded file and an exploit for CVE-2010-0188 within an XFA form. This indicates the document is designed to exploit a vulnerability in Adobe Reader to execute a secondary 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.Dropper.Agent-7245878-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7245878-0
  • 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
08c7b9d9f026396cf6310567bea3fcf9df5612358e5bd37af073f2e4b92b9728
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).