Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a6c728b45ffaf31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: fbca2b1f84f37bfc35a6a591dfd3009a SHA-1: 88bcb7f75afdf61f3aa227e224292abc00cb96f7 SHA-256: 4a6c728b45ffaf31fb9c821ffd1da9123bf0dd9ddc3d9b4c544a21270097d312
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability is known to be used for delivering malicious payloads. The embedded file and the specific exploit identified strongly indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
1d0df5e11b41705d79031b1824d347401d56acdbcd35e796506e2056d8a5d1d0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13581 bytes