PDF malware analysis — malicious · 38862b1ae5ef5477

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.8 KB

MD5: ecf38d088ae031a7dc511fff6a046926 SHA-1: 19c33b5b82b1b96c9fcaf86c412fa332cb4545c0 SHA-256: 38862b1ae5ef5477f25e621eb470a609535da6d24f5dedd3080d597f4fec9ff6

168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

This PDF document exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader, as indicated by the critical heuristic firing. The embedded file and XFA form suggest an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary stage, typical of many malware delivery chains.

Heuristics 7

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.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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
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
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `8ce190e604c19bba4e5e9af0b76a9399aa34dad5109f3a87d68bc40210031179`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7A	13441 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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