Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d378b552ebcc637…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 08e5325a8a88cdb92141135611a970eb SHA-1: eb1e04b30ad28f513aa4d7c8a2a044a418ee1d1b SHA-256: 4d378b552ebcc637a7978b11efb2207f38d6761b96cd3cbbf0ef801fff7a005d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which is a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. This indicates the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to execute a payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms 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
7ee1b4c75e2a18d6ad880f9d13b8592769ee65bb0fe33a7b08611d49ab9dd0fd
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).