Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34ee78b05575c8de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: c9c5882e239281777fa413aadfa11106 SHA-1: d8ec0c7076da82f92cc13a35bf1a256364ff9d60 SHA-256: 34ee78b05575c8de9de0ac359dee1372d1ba17e59a57c19b8fd1c58b345964ef
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability 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 are indicators of this exploit delivery mechanism.

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
2b2e10e962dd4220be1673cedfa11e879a204916c566623b10fef9a739d69d8b
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).