Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 329bc7c5126c0132…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: b7a4025e06e58e24a8c5b1d594ff7a51 SHA-1: 0b5dbc673392cbb79a031087ceebc67dee5fee19 SHA-256: 329bc7c5126c01321d0c25e49b42d811c917ae6275ca2e9e16b2f5bdb4151480
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an embedded artifact and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The XFA form and embedded file suggest a delivery mechanism for a malicious payload. The exploit is likely intended to execute arbitrary code upon opening the document.

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
4fadeb948ad27f7fdb2a4b82e5c1df7a23a807d4b71bf068bda10a8f54ffa908
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).