PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8f596738d998c374

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB

MD5: 54e9d1057de1b481c4638ffc25b7e80c SHA-1: 246165a278451c0c0fc2056187a947852eced44d SHA-256: 8f596738d998c3747ea01d80cb9144182e8f0765bf0c784f5883df8a14414d7d

98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Clickjacking

The PDF file contains indicators of exploitation for CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. The presence of XFA and the specific exploit signature strongly suggest that this document is designed to trigger this vulnerability upon opening, leading to the execution of a malicious payload. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was not sufficiently readable to determine a specific lure.

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.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`stream_000_off000001f9.bin` `f15e85646949ffa27f9133bddf08415a5008a7a731734493ab5a4f16a798f57f`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1F9	13469 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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