Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f43c6caf215d03a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: e5a5dab95bef0ac050eeba8c49072d1f SHA-1: 1c847eac87c84066e06f7f5113ca4f75bd3348f4 SHA-256: 4f43c6caf215d03ab4d2fdea3fc098b32bd874430972063f83aefb119e105727
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This indicates the document is designed to leverage a known vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the delivered payload.

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
699b376b21793bd1e5232523d1a6229ac0a228df8b696c081b56196a44eb277f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).