Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f1f533a50ce4957…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB
MD5: 6b251dc3a0cf899c9f3cb10e86f9e787 SHA-1: 4ce59b5e80061a09051a18ee0878a5bf9d7be9fa SHA-256: 7f1f533a50ce4957e8b9616c51a51616519bb11e1c6a2ac0cbcf947ec2de90b4
70 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to download and execute a malicious payload. The presence of the exploit and the malicious verdict strongly indicate an attack pattern aimed at compromising the user's system.

Heuristics 3

  • 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
  • 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_off00000306.bin
12e955785c01c817cb421746d13949c6fec591aa2228c04086391d1e53f65f47
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x306 13410 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).