Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3205aa333d5cf847…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 07dc38d2e9463ac32976fe1f182ff13f SHA-1: 87f4f64fe9daf24c2a7629b2856337ed48f02f85 SHA-256: 3205aa333d5cf8474b8736904b7724eace102c0fc593b3d3c564011ef8963915
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Clickjacking

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object, identified by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' ClamAV signature. Static analysis indicates a critical vulnerability exploit for CVE-2010-0188 within an XFA form, suggesting the document is designed to leverage this specific Adobe Reader flaw. The embedded file is likely the second-stage 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.Exploit.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
  • 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
c397928f4aaff1bd2e5f1fffd4509fe51b8a12e7f7e4ec95fb286b60e2ed22ba
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).