Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47854cc35be3130d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: c7f03d2620d7801ad1d232ac7a720652 SHA-1: 6ac911dcb45332f9a4616d6b75638df1471f0e87 SHA-256: 47854cc35be3130da2db0cf432e082110a77f7437dd3c383d3a12a2f3a003eb1
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a critical vulnerability, CVE-2010-0188, which is known to exploit Adobe Reader. This indicates the document is designed to deliver a malicious payload upon opening. The embedded file and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
1aff66b10f55ce0f0c29679f9f0a0aab37ef583244338cb41dc28f1136e593ea
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).