Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89147692c1eca350…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 497445f54dead88e06b6b13c34a4a5e5 SHA-1: b8ddb7d464d3540ef77f0cbf2cafcee3d8d5c463 SHA-256: 89147692c1eca350fa37bb1e4d2f307c4f8e054add1a9eedee6eb20deaa88103
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with an inline XFA image payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90, further indicating malicious intent.

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
c18224bb13f1a6add833942f9eb4499de42f1cd9d3bdbad1ce38d4b01ec97079
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).