Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55ddd6934cc1ab4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 352794b45df7f15ad31cd1f25ee81bad SHA-1: 9ce3ed113f3c328031f0be97e3a103d93c383f4e SHA-256: 55ddd6934cc1ab4d9e549867a3be20e463d5fa986071afb948f6b97c74c21c4f
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded artifact and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit for Adobe Reader's LibTIFF XFA image processing. This suggests the document is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening by exploiting this known vulnerability. The embedded file is likely the malicious payload.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
b0d09c74653fffd7b25030eef18ff27c56f1b5603a1d33c429c59df7c1173310
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).