Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d0dbc895b3716e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 36e06818a1f78bb6ac0dca532c6ac300 SHA-1: aaf179db9ad75b902a25365bf32d54b5b7945b60 SHA-256: 4d0dbc895b3716e002869e9a6675873e9e638886bd1ba196a28513d34ce14b1f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded artifact and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating it exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. This exploit is designed to download and execute a malicious payload, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' ClamAV detection and the presence of a suspicious embedded file.

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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
  • 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
a0a75ec251b2802e9f1c973756de135d43dd7871ac8385284a8c32f57ea71fd9
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).