Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c3b4dc210599ae0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 3ba5f839e5502a40f3da6aa0f1ed359e SHA-1: da449ebfb8d2ae9e2802b5cd7ca7d7a3af523c28 SHA-256: 3c3b4dc210599ae0418182e29aaaa4c9afdb4d008a215e43942104a92817e851
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

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

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
73694712036b1a2fd2b4278c7b22b3f7f16ca3fb5a8917d68bf03d7249fbae2c
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).