Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82f6405e3fe4b5bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB
MD5: cb328a59fad2cb6f26443ba16e806870 SHA-1: b1a146a304683bcbfa9585edb14add13bfe399db SHA-256: 82f6405e3fe4b5bc2db84955fa64aa7817d3d2ff4dad07c234456dc4b3f3d9f8
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution when the document is opened. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload.

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
0f6e1c62cb306d66c48eabac2908df789326e8505851cba64bb4341c12de97e3
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).