Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fa2236a84dc2961…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: bbe045b3c457ca3625523b634f3f585a SHA-1: e0f292727cfc6176771ee64fca5e25e2519868f5 SHA-256: 3fa2236a84dc29618379717752f66871f48162c4f8550c56b22f0295bb19fe39
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, indicated by the embedded file artifact. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
963af139f4db48c737233013f4331458bb86e201f1f887b36041b3ba07c8c58a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
cc67393566c704ed299c3435e70312ebb0c46635c203b61523a560a729902dfe
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x58A 8730 bytes