PDF malware analysis — malicious · 90ec0db447faa4b7

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 53c5a494371f683882ae4583c58962c9 SHA-1: 343c020c67d3beb512c2587b8e5d4c536d3861f0 SHA-256: 90ec0db447faa4b7ac7a0fd2b5d14dd23fd741a4b35ba3efdddc074f10428605

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to target Adobe Reader and is used to execute arbitrary code. The embedded file and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature. The primary attack vector is likely a user opening a malicious PDF attachment.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `26dd54b2381dc1d9bcf71b0c1643c7f4b03a12f83d2b77489249a50e9ebe22fc`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D	13415 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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