PDF malware analysis — malicious · 4031c9f46c9d3462

MALICIOUS

PDF

131.5 KB

MD5: 217926f90830a107aacaaf6db4fb481f SHA-1: edf3cb279eda18b8687fbacf310968b38dd44ddc SHA-256: 4031c9f46c9d3462f325e785b838841b684b30d805600517a60780a5b7821936

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF document that contains an embedded XFA form with a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2010-0188. This exploit targets Adobe Reader and is designed to execute arbitrary code. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the payload for this exploit. The attack pattern suggests the document is a lure to trick users into opening it, leading to code execution.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `09ee91d678368e2cffff23473c34249bd9f53bc8a3f426869f530cb29c3d4546`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13454 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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