Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80b0fd837b2a5bb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: e88cec803a2a34fa07e1fc73fd4c9624 SHA-1: 87efe16801fd0883f86053082fb8bc2ad25884e2 SHA-256: 80b0fd837b2a5bb4c4bd2be00212d303b599e6e3aae9f4d50eace80c5d9e6f35
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that contains an embedded file and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This indicates the document is designed to exploit a known vulnerability to download and execute a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
4bb902601a9f081f4b4be4b3b0bf01c1417960f9ccf90776f3d4263c39def6cb
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).