PDF malware analysis — malicious · 51e4aefe65c8bf09

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.8 KB

MD5: e696b8383c3c65668dce3f81209244ec SHA-1: 80396e81950c3033acb28297fcace7a06bc86a27 SHA-256: 51e4aefe65c8bf0970b42377d3704800af8f2254c7a5f6b40a80ae55b784c7a7

168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF document that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is embedded within an XFA form and is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3' further confirms its malicious nature. No specific malware family could be identified.

Heuristics 7

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.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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
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
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `212ab2151061cf137122d16b968ca1f956f27f7eba5f7816c9ef8a1c99ce4650`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7A	13441 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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