Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 905548d433d075e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

3.4 KB
MD5: 62f644409553beeb6274ad170b541f59 SHA-1: 3dec8c9951f7b8932db3f1d966a4c6c79ef1fa90 SHA-256: 905548d433d075e7d7c5a612aca3c81d00d8541b192132b1e9d3770f6b904099
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF XFA image processing. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution on the victim's machine. The presence of XFA forms and ASCII85Decode filters further indicates a malicious intent to deliver a payload.

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.
  • 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_off000001e9.bin
d740ffae30c052a9c862bc4a38575ef5d085a7b5b188ae530cb2f013bc80b029
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).