PDF malware analysis — malicious · 464c1bc9712ba6b0

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: fd9193fb1f6d867fbc9aad1bc1555319 SHA-1: 6b17de8e8cba945e9c579348e5fdfbe4b56c39e9 SHA-256: 464c1bc9712ba6b0d3b3cda4ec9f4437ba76392765ca0c7aadb2c3fd0654f8ae

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form which triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms, leading to arbitrary code execution. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely part of the exploit chain, though its specific function is not detailed here.

Heuristics 5

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.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `2804fa46829f043987dd7a68579274dff2d5ca5b322a9a28c8091ecf579730fe`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D	13473 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`acroform_b64_00.js` `49ac81a338a26fdc0c18c01678ad79ad69270ef4541bfaff6402f0bb43db3d32`	deobfuscated-js	PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x58A	8730 bytes

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