Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4da5568637a3cfdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB
MD5: f25018762b0f111ecbf7b4659fceaea0 SHA-1: 2f17ed0f1f2cffb5746988d02439079922805ff3 SHA-256: 4da5568637a3cfdd6f5bb7a13fe75d086e32fe4f34bd54112fb60838a43de81b
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution on the victim's machine. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the 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
cdc5379bdf10d77e6f74338cb46b4b18e11ea81916c41f71dfe41b78d5ca24f1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13401 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).