Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f8beba223316d45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: b265f2b33d98794d99e13139493954aa SHA-1: b920cf17aa36420117d3d3e5e6f0dc73fa0c9fa7 SHA-256: 3f8beba223316d4565f0989923206856a02eeba6bfcda90b7d05da70eac03d26
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution, leading to the delivery of a malicious payload. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered 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
712f8907c9bfb696904c45a3ae603075526f41d88fe55c86ac45f635ec2ebf0a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).