Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a2296a9bb14d2ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB
MD5: 7e14d1621c9e9c2571faeca1f7b85190 SHA-1: 060a557ac3b120a4c095774476c295260c4e2b43 SHA-256: 7a2296a9bb14d2ab03d4942dbde0e3b4618efaf01e7e54c196a6920ef493f71a
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This suggests the document is designed to deliver a malicious payload upon opening. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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.
  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
d53607c2a8a2ec5c85da1ea35c284a7c50f66253099ce27a936658bf589fda21
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x71 13581 bytes