Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d5b29e37d8b5936…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.1 KB
MD5: fdcf819b7e5b01e0ba64e61f49e77af9 SHA-1: df2c78d000ef88e2b45ee228b346cbfb91f58d93 SHA-256: 7d5b29e37d8b5936a634e554a3036d5495bb9415ea9a9f58da848749bf9ddcd2
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical heuristic firing for CVE_2010_0188 indicates that this PDF document is designed to exploit a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The XFA form and ASCII85Decode filter are common components used in such exploits. The embedded stream artifact likely contains the secondary payload delivered by the exploit.

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.
  • 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_off000001e9.bin
b6aa1e938aec429d3c61cf8a3618e1f1c1143d914a4c95637c05d9dc113ab8df
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13000 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).