Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48f4cb71d2945f6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

3.4 KB
MD5: ebf2b7890977dcc0c3a24c975b60695c SHA-1: 09a9d66978ad7735949621a6d0a0d12a10f3144e SHA-256: 48f4cb71d2945f6e0a384e041c86cc40093fd9f841f93215593392c5faf238af
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating it exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF. This exploit is designed to execute embedded payloads, likely to download and run additional malicious content. The presence of an XFA form and ASCII85Decode filter further supports the exploit delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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_off000001e9.bin
4b150944465045a5eff9aa0b1169cbb5d490d5d49fdc3a1f63b32d82fcb10e01
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).