Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37bd19fd18b026e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

129.5 KB
MD5: c9415a6bca2d2c15de0a16bb3814db21 SHA-1: d27f0fd369d27cd20f30585e4977c831dca87773 SHA-256: 37bd19fd18b026e17b09313e7219489f2d00e2b7ff7af37cf51349ec1eba5776
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, indicating the document's purpose is to compromise the user's system. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload.

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
dab3cebcb5850bca300e75c058c52c16235e51ad877398b702b13588b8892ada
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).