Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4531c3c10ea80e34…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

3.4 KB
MD5: a5d0d111ed6bf6e8a27e0ca880306034 SHA-1: d308e84904eebd9bf61cca6d93324e273077bc7d SHA-256: 4531c3c10ea80e347c981e3385401626844da7cab64937d84bb444c68884467a
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 indicators of the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This vulnerability in Adobe Reader targets the LibTIFF component to achieve arbitrary code execution. The presence of an XFA form and the specific exploit signature strongly suggest this attack vector.

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
d6a03666be86f7d91f5c2b1c201076fc3e82d2faedb81c315f4c4e13b326c246
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).