Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49a5b1ce948f98d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 53e12a94c7274eba19b75fd6c70beabb SHA-1: d87901b108ee8cadbd8c84bc62cf0a5fa47b9c86 SHA-256: 49a5b1ce948f98d142f26fc3b5f15eb8470ab4f97667b3404e4635855249dbeb
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload. The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90, indicating a malicious dropper.

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
d6e5e0f2fde30e302e493608ba18a795e228b0c01783c416735d7c4d5f09430d
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).