Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50478fcc80303560…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: e5bd43981b34f4128472e61b633c0d9f SHA-1: dfefb386dd9140e6c20cb25ba510bb2c338c5583 SHA-256: 50478fcc80303560823e9ea9281d935cee984bee8d6da7c3a0d7cab940f002a4
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The embedded file and XFA form indicate a malicious intent to leverage known vulnerabilities for initial execution.

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
5b6c5487d79d7b41032bc29a5114fddc3287c9d77d74f449d69db560930803e6
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13428 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).