Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80ebc6bb9255cc39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

157.1 KB
MD5: ac41516f120427f3a730935d132ee38b SHA-1: 983f0236a6546d4393d2ce5fe7dfb982ef6322c0 SHA-256: 80ebc6bb9255cc39a36176b4346a9223b737350ba3f2f5b78e7fe202b4d641ca
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to facilitate arbitrary code execution. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the second-stage payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct clues to the ultimate goal.

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.
  • 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
18df489eee713f6885b39e187190acb623e94d12840fb5f4228671c5b246fb43
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).