Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7feeda9803b08d49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 3d216c22fbd10dfe929fd64e1a01fba1 SHA-1: 9d5507fa0ca12dd2b2b57d5c2ddb34fec398c8a8 SHA-256: 7feeda9803b08d497b7bde01215b21a40ee2e4494e304f8df06d5b3547e0953b
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
a9fe0f82e72afc42fd601a260029be5ca0b83ecc50089337607c41ad174ee816
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
5a085d8b9213c82405024d5290f0f63e0e29ae9ccf8757c43c33c5afaff72f1a
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x58A 8730 bytes