Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41190084db61b02d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 5560196ea8e8348a77fb7977726ffca2 SHA-1: 2e61381349f7e8a443ffc0a2dadf9bcc5ceac873 SHA-256: 41190084db61b02de65daa6031553774b0e78bf2492b5290416e43d66495d918
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.004 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to deliver a malicious payload. The embedded file is likely the second-stage malware. The ClamAV detection 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
a0a75ec251b2802e9f1c973756de135d43dd7871ac8385284a8c32f57ea71fd9
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).