Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bf519bc7315866a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 26899421aa08de58100bc8b3a8f1bf33 SHA-1: 920e6c06b608a999c27f3458cc3279a1a7e07c43 SHA-256: 3bf519bc7315866a3ffecf9400244427ac4e429a58ab49053df5bd0be22c4eee
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded artifact and triggers critical heuristics for CVE-2010-0188, indicating it is designed to exploit a vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The embedded file is likely the malicious payload delivered by the exploit. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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
bec2d7d12c868bf765883bcbf564a3c44c383f3e72384c4daaa6bc05608cf7c4
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).