Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46ba06b177493002…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: ed39d771079129e135ad909c94ce882b SHA-1: 4f68c4f62287fedd47c657663df0f757bf92aa5e SHA-256: 46ba06b1774930025cd850fa2635bc89600a74ca194555a6fee114dd5d613460
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it's designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable Adobe Reader version. The presence of ASCIIHexDecode and ASCII85Decode filters further suggests obfuscation of the malicious payload within the document stream. The extracted artifact 'stream_000_off000001f9.bin' likely contains the secondary payload.

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.
  • 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
  • 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_off000001f9.bin
d141be57d9d55b66e865d2bd6ef0295bf17842af0c0a93eecef60a8631b93e6f
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1F9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).