Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7df30d2a945fdb65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: fe262bb66504bf1b25eaac86ee167e5d SHA-1: 0825eca1d8db1e096abeb3f7d9361331be9fc7ad SHA-256: 7df30d2a945fdb656d5e8cd70acf675e04add336e8e077480024db2474e7f1ed
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the malicious payload delivered by this 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.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
c4a4092d586f9b6cfb2123791bc96ed234108df6097cf1f8115bcdda09b8594f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).