Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 513a2d3c5ca65f1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: f94e222a67b39009b93bccf0a64478eb SHA-1: b422a84e84b6ca1a545b5520d159e0ad2f852457 SHA-256: 513a2d3c5ca65f1b31c1f9435b4d4c1c2a588452476ab244f0768815e7ba68b6
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to be used for delivering secondary payloads. The presence of an embedded file and XFA form further supports the exploit delivery mechanism.

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
44c8491ddf11ace9533f38e80f94ebf5287a38e7d08fcc7ac4b7a8a3c34bbc54
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).