Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32cb21c4f84713c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 5512d4ad7d977370712d1b614db97078 SHA-1: 6a6ed14d9f4ed316e0339e3e05350b23509a900b SHA-256: 32cb21c4f84713c0f7fa980945daa3cf72ead0a6e0104897173a1577d5fc41dd
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Click Fraud

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. This suggests the file is designed to deliver a malicious payload upon opening in a vulnerable reader. The XFA form and embedded file further support the malicious nature of the document.

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.Agent-24314 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-24314
  • 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
74798c149faef120a8e42724ceb27f10fdccfaea82a361b809e339829a95f78d
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).