Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84460c536e7b2ca2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 3eceeb818c9a19b27d658b57bf23bd8a SHA-1: 2214d4eef968c8af094c5999a67e08c7561e08b9 SHA-256: 84460c536e7b2ca255d0c6a16eb9ae2ffca50bf9e3f012f8dcbc25d8c32fd4b9
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
29e644c078f426576e351489d94ad6d232edb42fb02f118206e9bc15ea7fa0b4
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).