Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 312ca00992aa1f73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: 63520e77431a1a97b9548d83e8e58f7d SHA-1: 936891d1a17f3839ef2c8c79f3541443ff0be6d0 SHA-256: 312ca00992aa1f7300c97a8313fa2d67fea67321c539bfd17ffb15ae84a2f9e9
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit. This suggests the document is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. The exploit payload is embedded within the PDF stream.

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.
  • 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_off000001e9.bin
a54384723f93e929da9b16528bc3f1c67e315e78c43fa6e6173fe764ae34be06
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).