PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3ea615e7fe89af32

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB

MD5: c0738b6a2a195b5e0c624c4e16666c91 SHA-1: ff7fae9115be30b41ceea20bb0c9d316abdf7add SHA-256: 3ea615e7fe89af32bd1451cccd9b282d22101ea9a5a6a96bf238810b71af40e8

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and utilizes the ASCII85Decode filter, which are indicators of malicious intent. Crucially, a critical heuristic identified the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component, indicating the file is designed to achieve arbitrary code execution. The exploit is embedded within an XFA image 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.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85

ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
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
`stream_000_off000001e9.bin` `4ca325e98bd615d3653a670ba73913e3346fc36289f205be25e5e0f849941c10`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9	13469 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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