Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fc09e0a2ce17437…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: 5c32c6bab433cdc445b0b0424d84fda2 SHA-1: 0d1d9b67c81646765760a436568f949d8ea4cfff SHA-256: 7fc09e0a2ce1743777158bd537415df5315ee2dc489eeb5a036221744eb8b81a
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains an embedded XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution when the PDF is opened. The embedded file and XFA form indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system through a known PDF vulnerability.

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.
  • 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 0x51 13581 bytes