Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d97781462213f57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.9 KB
MD5: 475dd80190c81b0a33c39f5ddf78824e SHA-1: 23f04fce0ec39103e05f11a96094323863a3c615 SHA-256: 4d97781462213f576732f93c00a3b1445bca3ec3364210fa44af3ad39837f3d7
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms, leading to the execution of a malicious payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the second-stage payload.

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
bf0d1f6e142d0f0324b592d83c0626f148498bdd90afb05406c6f8061959771f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13417 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).