Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c7b13eeb8fe6e4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

144.3 KB
MD5: b303561da3f5f45b9eb45a1003c1605e SHA-1: dacdcdf1878e3a9fa86b4298f925031a0a698403 SHA-256: 3c7b13eeb8fe6e4b3e7b1214d065204f406538be4751f7cb73dc6d929747aec2
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to target Adobe Reader and is used to deliver a secondary payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely this payload.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
72838d9b3df7248b11865bf9f937e75714bd4acfd53db15c5f2e0a5f22b9f054
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).