Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56341335190c6ca7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

27.8 KB Created: 2005-23-38 26:19:00 Authoring application: Able About (via According According)
MD5: 1961a26d95a3c28ee33f59990922db38 SHA-1: 703e609cda237945ac62ac3c8c0f995cf5c96e31 SHA-256: 56341335190c6ca761766ce09af9fa3b6010a2cfd7d0335b4cc23d7c490c24d7
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a malicious payload. The file also uses XFA forms, which can be leveraged in exploits. No scripts were extracted, and the document body content is not human-readable, suggesting the primary function is exploitation.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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
60c926fe2f621eebeadd47c7d6dfcb2f802d223fe4945fa63f2ea871a95499b3
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x50 34140 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).