PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3b0a62ebe2fab06e

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB

MD5: a5ff0cb2bec82700a64ff4666f546bc9 SHA-1: 912fc7b6b4c67cafc1b6012b8485756e6ed93e6f SHA-256: 3b0a62ebe2fab06ede8909bec845a8e6b545286b3b5ce5eb48efe528c8f3e22f

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload. The presence of an embedded file and the specific exploit indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `ef48ec9e402d6e120ed55606e7b5275d1e08ea95cab7ca57fcf78253c95eb99c`	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).

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