PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3e2ac3a192048151

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB

MD5: ec38bde858b7cb890d8d414902e509e9 SHA-1: 9afea66db947032aef48f397b106be5ddd9e9c29 SHA-256: 3e2ac3a192048151419bf6dd193553db1f77c5a1062d09001ff01ea870887a68

140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader. ClamAV also detected this file as malware (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90). The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the malicious 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `7194b54930590d248192f67760b29051dca407dc2d56c59b40395e38c31daa10`	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).

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