Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fa7574f720c2a5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: b6982326f15b002ff3ed7cebe8abca5b SHA-1: 245e1484859744ffe2021f8800c4f27e782565e7 SHA-256: 8fa7574f720c2a5defab5d7bb42c08567ea9479f9172ca6b680734c803abd10a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript file and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it's designed to execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript, named 'acroform_b64_00.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The exploit targets a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader, suggesting a delivery mechanism aimed at users with outdated software.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
691f85fbb3f18adac194835085edd608e98e8495190eafd4808ea51b5570675d
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).
acroform_b64_00.js
288191ff15dd13b6c488305db011c65e7988832048eee29083fe3676af3100f0
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x58A 8730 bytes