Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f271c261c53cc06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: 906a719939772b4cb6accd84885b57ee SHA-1: a8ae6211acdb77942e3f8282cd1de1ef06e37b98 SHA-256: 7f271c261c53cc06318afeec5d0d2fbb9f4461d82eb2720adfef6469e64ee456
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF sample contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to leverage a vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The exploit targets a LibTIFF parsing issue within XFA forms to execute a payload. The presence of an ASCII85Decode filter further supports the malicious nature of the PDF.

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
8644e9bd2a3c4775a28a6c637dd632f33d2f499372b9353ff7a262f008a049f3
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).