Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b3ee34425df1667…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: c96464f91381086a55e234265abf5cdb SHA-1: 5c85972a1809c4098400767c492d2473e0449e4b SHA-256: 3b3ee34425df1667532092dcebd8b06aaf1951e48f41e21a35df5b5406d645f6
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This exploit is used to achieve arbitrary code execution within the context of the vulnerable application. The embedded artifact 'stream_000_off000001e9.bin' likely contains the shellcode for the exploit.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
f95bbf4013ca63a4c5385645d18023b585bcbae124d20edcb2de35aa57eedb18
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).