PDF malware analysis — malicious · 36060c2aae1d326f

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB

MD5: 23cf266b14aad0150bf56246afe61b5b SHA-1: 546767b85a29f2801800e861063d43b9c3d3843a SHA-256: 36060c2aae1d326f6ab3d8e3af8e53c66364b830b5ab8c65bb359451b994d136

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and utilizes the ASCII85Decode filter, both indicators of potential exploitation. Specifically, the critical heuristic firing confirms the presence of the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit is embedded within an XFA image/tif payload, suggesting the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable reader.

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.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85

ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`stream_000_off000001e9.bin` `0e1d2d179fb90e8d81eb259704b7e2053c0b7e9474007c26979a41278c8965a6`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9	13469 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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