Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d6e495f2825447d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.0 KB
MD5: 70a26e62c449e7c8b738427fc6e1663c SHA-1: a7d0c8c5a1bb962a8405a526b94d1fa1a92940c0 SHA-256: 3d6e495f2825447d4ef473056f61bcfafd8bd9afc37aa450aad96a78078f1357
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The presence of an XFA form further supports this. The embedded file is likely the second-stage payload. The obfuscated object name also suggests malicious intent.

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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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
fb4644e972f478c91ea1cfdf20e5093a13e9f636e475d59d73b2930550ff209d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x80 13465 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).