PDF malware analysis — malicious · 48a8605a5e4a0df2

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 9570cec2c01ff16b238e71fbf84bf7d0 SHA-1: c0b0e272e2be8af9d1663557e23a821333943fc2 SHA-256: 48a8605a5e4a0df2689a05a15213e3ebe6768edbbfe3aec4452be339e200e5fe

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the dropped payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms the 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `c517379e70224ed85618b3e38ad39c45d8833e5822f9562c5018241ef186ccb3`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D	13415 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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