MALICIOUS
116
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and appears to be part of an exploit for CVE-2010-0188, targeting Adobe Reader. The heuristic 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' identified a suspicious extracted JavaScript file ('xfa_metadata_stage_000.js') with script obfuscation indicators. This suggests the primary purpose of the PDF is to deliver and execute this malicious script, which likely downloads and runs a second-stage payload.
Heuristics 4
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Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188PDF contains the CVE-2010-0188 exploit template: XFA JavaScript heap-spray setup, a generated TIFF image payload, and assignment of that TIFF data to an XFA image field rawValue to trigger Adobe Reader's LibTIFF parser.
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Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
Extracted artifacts 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0010.binf5fada8101d0364117b2454492c05b64911df9d040cddf613d50212da6228859 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x12A2 | 10740 bytes |
stream_011_off000041c0.bin392d4f07be91edcc9359ef94bc01fc8fbd40fa048af13b58bb9eb28874772ed6 |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x41C0 | 209 bytes |
xfa_metadata_stage_000.js8806ef6cc48e104bc3b6950bf217638d3607ca61e7e2e2730c66c485947ecfe0 |
deobfuscated-js | XFA /Title hex-XOR decoded JavaScript (raw, key=vanrxtsLKSR) at offset 0x5353 | 4114 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).
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