PDF malware analysis — malicious · 43ea048326ec47d1

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB

MD5: 07659e0cf4b96ba55f3c384c29579096 SHA-1: ea1aff1c6d2999f6d0ee95688bc91f5133ee7464 SHA-256: 43ea048326ec47d1bf959c49cf1dee0d53c01fd07b8faa03bf86ab84debda78d

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload, though its specific function could not be determined from static analysis alone.

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` `331a81836da7a1f391b5d0ea35e74209c48304409922c2b50b27a7b7143c1678`	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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