Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b6ea4a29c91dfcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 3c157f6d7d101c67df9dd87ab0a553ef SHA-1: 85f506046f8e8dbb0d5d5d55b6a3f82a139fc136 SHA-256: 3b6ea4a29c91dfcfe376a7d82da0b0a115680bfda210a63641e67c6159a27182
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader, specifically targeting the LibTIFF component. This exploit is designed to execute a malicious payload embedded within the document. The critical heuristic firings directly indicate this exploit vector and the embedded nature of the malicious content.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
  • 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
873c6ba6f63667230f6f72076c71efeefd9805be964dff4c638df9642ade5772
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).