Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e7e76afdb45b0fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: 4e35a4b572848d3bbab459c0972ff06d SHA-1: 0e48eee99ac0a0e022234214de52ab6e594e600d SHA-256: 3e7e76afdb45b0fb1e8eacb1c255cc8ab0793f7e60bad71ad2ac0a419eca8ce4
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, indicating it exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening the document. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the 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
972e68dff24ac8562d43d998b8f5b5bc27647d079dd429391ca267c0f12cf159
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13416 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).