Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b0932a172ae796f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.2 KB
MD5: cb2084d35d2a281b187774e33cfd0a3c SHA-1: 634a5209762a5afc60b4967eb33d1c101e2a7ed6 SHA-256: 4b0932a172ae796fb02a6047ec4e36412b57bfbc5c60f6dd9ba3412ef7665e50
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains an embedded exploit targeting CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF XFA image processing. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening the document. The presence of an embedded file and the use of ASCIIHexDecode filter further indicate malicious intent. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
933e9a4c5ddb3c2dd449fb7c0cc4584ba2a03e0d3e9c05afecf446628c9aa83c
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x6A 12397 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
8af81ed8eb133b8dbc92f16ee731a72b4418c73f308df25baea192d921e616d2
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x94D 256 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
42f91932ec21bd83fcf17b743cd0697266908c40b7a83bf72c2c18794c446ee9
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0xBAB 842 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
422a5430698c54d7acba092e1350d18143964b54c5496415f1d8f31cbbcf0663
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0xDCF 332 bytes