Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 944f5c834b8def9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

3.4 KB
MD5: 7547ee3ef7f0d22086b4290b08b4da00 SHA-1: 8d4cab56ecde9d1f785e4175c706588f5ef107bf SHA-256: 944f5c834b8def9fabea25909101315c67a1f48093008bb12fadb4f7af0b2238
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This suggests the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the exploit itself is sufficient evidence of malicious intent.

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
9de55db214450fc15bdbe0236f2be38cf4b6b0ff481bd6795b12055f699e2c40
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).