Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4550ce01bc7b4d0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: c128d0b9ddf58f641daa012fe828b270 SHA-1: f372c35b5cd2e7dacdd730f982ff74431875e316 SHA-256: 4550ce01bc7b4d0fe4d7363ddc0754727494395b1d5cc44a69ee50d2c3784614
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This vulnerability in Adobe Reader is known to be used for delivering malicious payloads. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the second-stage 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
a3408b9bad6429b60b500af8bbafa07dd97d74d8c4b2fd9d5da8cef8f0c85e93
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).