Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49cefe07c61ddce1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2010-03-21 10:36:25 Authoring application: llPDFLib program (via llPDFLib 3.x)
MD5: c9c89ebc508c783defe7042eb9c0e5cc SHA-1: e23365ae7af3a48cd91cb92b12a40c495b958f9e SHA-256: 49cefe07c61ddce14b2eea7c64a5bc2a97e29e0bbdd0cd52832a1dff0369a523
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF handling allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload.

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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
abbf9faf59a168141cc70da8732fc2879df0d8c54926424071498a26e76c2717
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x57 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00009dde.bin
101d97c062af1fbb28f8a4ef6034275cf6f5dc88e23c5800b06ed3a1a513474e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9DDE 58204 bytes