Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8393bf582d8062dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 719ac5a3d7731a30268c60f7cd22cf48 SHA-1: a650f03e2d18f4414039d3e62aa8bd924486aa51 SHA-256: 8393bf582d8062dda684cef17b962296b8ee590b93125d4e75f9858b6896fca5
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to deliver a secondary payload. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90. The embedded file and exploit suggest a downloader or dropper functionality.

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
5fdcec2c9bb0716f73c1927a427a49b14820c36c5e139e405a077540a1abb368
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).