PDF malware analysis — malicious · 94a2fcb440fd00ee

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB

MD5: ffa8fd582f7d037118a630563052f569 SHA-1: afbc71c5b530efc0e03eb5ddb44f118a4eafb697 SHA-256: 94a2fcb440fd00eede0aaae015ffa609291d8414d93b2a262ae9de0a7d2ecc63

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to leverage a vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The exploit targets a known vulnerability in the LibTIFF component, commonly used for image processing within PDF documents. This suggests the file's primary purpose is to execute arbitrary code via the 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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`stream_000_off000001e9.bin` `1b80b42d7fde26567e7227e13f92c1b4f795850a1c639b17bce6819665fd51a5`	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).

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