Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cfcca1cffdd7884…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 27264a949683bf17d7884b581716162b SHA-1: efd9e40b808dff9ccae0a570240f36cd07776acb SHA-256: 4cfcca1cffdd7884c79d4669c941e743b5e60c17c1a224ddff46db2c3a648b26
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the payload delivered by the exploit.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
b807888bdf0573168ba6952d0ccac4ec80b86b23ea05d021404052761cf0d566
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x50 13409 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).