Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f2ae05df8e33a54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: a0d8c6f87502907a826c23f5696a38db SHA-1: ca0cf8877f43e4a21563352d969027d3bdad0846 SHA-256: 3f2ae05df8e33a54d74a6628cedb869afebf2b12847ee7be825cf435c4c101c6
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, leading to the download and execution of a secondary malicious payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms its malicious nature.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
70b98c16aa74d7d4037641b3ff9e3db2724d22afefd641f85a23e593a63475a6
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).