Malicious PDF / .COM — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41c1fffe7389c607…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .COM

3.4 KB
MD5: e9843ebe174e918bc03f0e8636a0eb99 SHA-1: 6e6e8a363f36fd43c0a74d3459209158020f6793 SHA-256: 41c1fffe7389c6073b8aeef1b39bcbdfc658f38e380a22fe11b151bb7805831e
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-0188 indicates that this PDF file contains an exploit targeting a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The XFA form and ASCII85Decode filter are common components used in such exploits. The extracted artifact 'stream_000_off000001e9.bin' likely contains the secondary payload delivered by the exploit.

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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
f3e2307878fd62c4684a929be0e2d0e6d51e1ec04a7cc7a762a3875be79ae973
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).