Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40de171b845f003b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 5f761da17afde09a2c94c6dab1bc94d1 SHA-1: d0f616aa20aff0e3e7de76def9bb554cc53bbd98 SHA-256: 40de171b845f003bd92cd72fe7af11f93d374cb127deb060828cc36131241dd1
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms, leading to the execution of a malicious payload. The embedded file '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
a212370f63bd59693f9c03618b92a2e74151f251b01f81b918ac24ba2f09384d
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).