PDF malware analysis — malicious · 42b32b9041986015

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB

MD5: b35dcafcc67f94c12f229bba42225b02 SHA-1: ae4a16f4e50baf6eb1efc8a58b22ad3f7f4d2e56 SHA-256: 42b32b9041986015ab88e75a1852e10b29680718af0483184d8f9ab297e6dbb4

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an embedded XFA form with a payload targeting CVE-2010-0188. This vulnerability in Adobe Reader allows for the execution of arbitrary code when processing a specially crafted TIFF image within an XFA form. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the exploit 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `52f280ba8354963169466420bd5068e21938b2b7241710c06e568a8f8fc68c2c`	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).

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