PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8fa587cd50553046

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.4 KB

MD5: 51dd660b70b3b77deed68e47a510f940 SHA-1: a8016e4fbd48850e3e69d28ee35a62fdee39b8f8 SHA-256: 8fa587cd505530468501db78f8e294a3c16b624f74c5d1586c29c68669373a24

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF file that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to facilitate arbitrary code execution. The embedded file and XFA form suggest a malicious payload delivery mechanism. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of a known vulnerability in PDF rendering software.

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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `7c5488db1812462a9c2682b6757dbd306ac19f408b81ed1cd5b722bbea2eeb1f`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13454 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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