Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bc2be28cf07a5f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: be7098d3a980e5ff6b404253c028ea31 SHA-1: 32287323093e0e61d522515d26fd283a1fb754f2 SHA-256: 8bc2be28cf07a5f7f6edfa7e7c76ea5d72ea7e629d4632fd186f50ccfb7088b1
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains indicators of the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and LibTIFF. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload. The presence of an XFA form and the specific exploit signature strongly suggest this attack vector.

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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
52c04e7c9e3c0e3a969adad57376c1a17c6946a7e6da3ebc04d8cd68b9074799
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).