Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4beb3dd47098a9a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: ab53f49def89151d8b7104226fe3d7f7 SHA-1: 66516c80bd657df19ac96364aff662772cbb179c SHA-256: 4beb3dd47098a9a3e0f7699cb3c1f1bf9d14a50d9e789130026351abfcaf8677
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic, indicating exploitation of a LibTIFF vulnerability within Adobe Reader. The exploit is embedded within an XFA image and delivered via ASCIIHexDecode and ASCII85Decode filters. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of this known vulnerability to achieve code execution.

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.
  • 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
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off00000207.bin
09d3677791a41ae21188798480eb6c722f29774f1f116f4a76f18ed443115a07
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x207 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).