Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 793de0c564025b4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.26 MB
MD5: 574852a4a034f8de39bf3600b716e7e8 SHA-1: 9e50fe014583490bdaed1ee11f789989fc1d485b SHA-256: 793de0c564025b4f5b8ceaa93a87f6eca3f39e8bb461a837347dc91dbda079ec
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is a PDF document that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to be used for arbitrary code execution, typically to download and run additional malicious content. The ClamAV detection of 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports its malicious nature. No specific malware family could be identified.

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.
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
f250dac41c2ad36fa3ff18dd4451c5fcaab265c5b2cf5bc5356a1054bf5f0b1b
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13711 bytes