Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91324a0bb3526050…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: fab5aa04e70730ab229baf2e31e6d3af SHA-1: 478cd070808eba37a0ea9f3a89520ff88050d0bf SHA-256: 91324a0bb3526050d4109b3513ac577e7080ebe342ab8492500200404f2691ce
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, indicating exploitation of Adobe Reader. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90. The embedded artifact suggests a dropped payload, though its specific nature cannot be determined from static analysis alone.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
e5f4161c7aa919621a180522d3a7eb039dc2531ff235627ae8aafb7810e65ad5
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).