PDF malware analysis — malicious · 55494587a486b275

MALICIOUS

PDF

187.9 KB

MD5: 5258c7d84e8c9bd7d6e7129267d6e96f SHA-1: 2b9dd1d365c67ea5c3e69b41b04437b1d893ae4f SHA-256: 55494587a486b27553b09fba40e9d6e4b0365ab5addf00c360a61793292ac7a5

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a payload targeting CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution, indicating the document's primary purpose is to compromise the user's system. No document body text or scripts were extracted, but the critical heuristic firing strongly suggests a malicious exploit attempt.

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
PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED

The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `4039e9c998334ff031d82f5ca110045c516b3c5ea8785535b9ad33d41166a47b`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x4F	13560 bytes

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