Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fd9485cb551455d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: df771d6712f05bf5c1dc52c957b044ae SHA-1: 7c3875093db13ec105af2e87c3d67414e2b29521 SHA-256: 8fd9485cb551455de09a33fff4695c15dd14d4f8ea612dbc0539f7a06ab8e3a0
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains indicators of exploitation for CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms and LibTIFF. The heuristic firings confirm the presence of an XFA form and an embedded exploit payload within a TIFF image. This suggests the document is designed to be opened by a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader to execute arbitrary code.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001f9.bin
873b6b9701364968a8d12194f5ed265c2cbbedf1bf9b768778d1b7e40954e00b
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).