Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92e9a2fa6d17f41c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.8 KB
MD5: 3d062c700d5312bdc00d1af79c56a9a8 SHA-1: 7349f5216cc68febfd2f324f3444c24afbe97e7a SHA-256: 92e9a2fa6d17f41c712202b652eeee0d8fe8bc500a6caf2dccd18e40994522ee
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing to achieve code execution. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the malicious payload delivered by this exploit.

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.
  • 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
d01c252f52955ed9d1528997cb163c409ba29707319663f33c6527593f3bbd84
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x50 12922 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).