Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58d1fbc4d41a109b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: 20018f18095102cd51b8474b7081ef23 SHA-1: 85ec0d9efd01c91ccc62e3209a0094599a2a9f44 SHA-256: 58d1fbc4d41a109b7ec5fb9da8c48d3b4033f6e1cb1aea73c5237f51248a78e3
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic, indicating exploitation of a LibTIFF vulnerability within Adobe Reader. The presence of ASCIIHexDecode and ASCII85Decode filters further suggests obfuscation of the exploit payload. The embedded artifact 'stream_000_off00000207.bin' is likely the decompressed exploit code.

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.
  • 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
  • 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_off00000207.bin
5b6e0f900f5dda68d91b214012e87a018c706b50e7ddff72a5a534ed810d4754
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x207 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).