PDF malware analysis — malicious · 50a0ce2e178811dd

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.8 KB

MD5: 65acbc37855f70d0186d04176540f421 SHA-1: 9a55b1c88d484c56c1ab563f2411ea757d40cbb4 SHA-256: 50a0ce2e178811dd5ca74305890ae60f410f55118cb41baf02185d19ad941586

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is the likely artifact of this exploit.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `aad10bf4f472ee0a404ff4977f6b646422568194e2dd3e7d272e9b472d018216`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x50	12749 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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