Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 434b057da093fff9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 674e1ab971d0bd46bfd7f4dff6d801c7 SHA-1: 3b14a3a84e53ad02ff26d89f6d8daf9f3692c9ac SHA-256: 434b057da093fff921b7a8b61b2dd9f0be8518d3a508b553984a597bb03363cc
218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1566 Phishing T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution when the PDF is opened. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3' further confirms the malicious nature of the file. The attack pattern is consistent with a phishing attempt using a weaponized PDF document.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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
afb8f75985ed67e07a4b55d0d78392e1eb13213149fde292c9ecd3cae40ec0ab
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x6C 13441 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).