Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d1fb06f4d4c48e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 76ed31123d679524fe4b2cbb1e2b774b SHA-1: a3381176a5626dd504cc6ecba1fa029f87a00f95 SHA-256: 4d1fb06f4d4c48e04889760ac006fcec414eb9386db90394032ea0f5589f7a17
138 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 TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary code. The embedded file and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

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
8abbf7f5a1a3aa33f405dafc2c35c41d2752d89b789234da974bfe6f59c15eaf
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).