Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 537b6d320554bcd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: f10382a90ea2af5b79b1fbaeaff2b2b5 SHA-1: 1c4bd53920dce78268db63db4c429654e378bd71 SHA-256: 537b6d320554bcd83f72180ccef7d752761d6d279e7a9ffa07cb1bfc5260b387
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF XFA image handling. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary code on the victim's machine. The presence of XFA forms and the specific exploit signature strongly indicate this attack vector.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
895c94a462f82e42252234c87a8ef5ffd19c4752e4d3fdbea36019c82c32768a
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).