PDF malware analysis — malicious · 595722954b585144

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB

MD5: 5266ef676a1875df9ae86e36c6592fc7 SHA-1: bf6086673c36c25ab6e57f00ad4879041c697c3e SHA-256: 595722954b58514424b7b4a5fa96f743e77439279482f402c0fc1af0eadd91e2

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution, which is typically used to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of an XFA form and an embedded file further supports 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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `7ebed7022352baacaf16d03cc719b49fbed20239becee720b3518fb5f1ca0c5a`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	24940 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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