Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 321734e533e92e66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: c1eba3a49b92c6307d0f783af3520d3c SHA-1: df0ee6c524e61a1105ce0ec4187c02fb5c2f754d SHA-256: 321734e533e92e6623ed42a7b86c4894f804caae9074c88e89552e76a4e32b61
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload. The embedded file and XFA form further indicate malicious intent.

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.
  • 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
6c1bbaabb04e9334aeafb281dbef5c9388791224418b00eccc696f639aff3944
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13264 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).