PDF malware analysis — malicious · 492b9a4daf3bbac6

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 8e7cc6f2152a61f3bac5f6c70dde7d5e SHA-1: b19432087ba9803a0aff58b4009638926cb3752c SHA-256: 492b9a4daf3bbac6c79074a5466a8273e977ce03c071a8aa2e87a0c7c504befb

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF XFA images. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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` `e6ccafb42c5ab6f9c4d5ad5edb21ab69451e88a52a34b5e11aff4543a867ea6b`	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).

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.