PDF malware analysis — malicious · 501515919a663d31

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB

MD5: dab9b952bc0156e7558ce77402d299b5 SHA-1: ab92dff61e2bfd2c387135fe838dc5b68dea5299 SHA-256: 501515919a663d318a0dc8debe0c27f99736e0adc0c2af04b3a54baf8953e13e

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability, which is a known exploit for Adobe Reader related to XFA forms and TIFF image parsing. The heuristic firings indicate the presence of an XFA form and a specific exploit targeting this vulnerability. This suggests the PDF is designed to deliver a malicious payload upon opening in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader.

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.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85

ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
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
`stream_000_off000001e9.bin` `fbf96f0869f22c42aa8d30b51ae7f8bf5bb2f1eccca5ed4ceb1df1a219c7d964`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9	13469 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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