PDF malware analysis — malicious · 4f6a688b0891b697

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 0431c69faf70c7bd2cb9dcffa788e210 SHA-1: 1cd07873eaf8232728963694df985ba7c8d7a52a SHA-256: 4f6a688b0891b697622662f2c03dd9555c45a7b194d24992d31dce7bf8e465fd

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' likely contains this 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `f162cbb04496daeaa3980d016877a5a894f3f7dd832cd876e3a4cc46eefd1d7c`	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).

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