PDF malware analysis — malicious · 46e252c5d5ddb037

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.2 KB

MD5: 44e67448df8cc4090e72576e1583aa72 SHA-1: b44b3a4432eb101f98d667c6d17f47c38dc99567 SHA-256: 46e252c5d5ddb037f3b3ff20d26d5ac57fe9ff8df0bc5c2dd3e72a0e30e201ab

106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1059.007 JavaScript T1059.010 Python

The PDF sample contains a critical heuristic indicating an exploit for CVE-2010-0188, which targets Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit is designed to allow arbitrary code execution. The presence of an embedded file and the use of various PDF decoding filters further support the malicious nature of the document. The likely intent is to leverage this exploit to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 6

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
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
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `6ccd639744b23d9257df19d157fbbf09a3ce64569f81481634fbba26bd3ae174`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x84	13468 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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