PDF malware analysis — malicious · 954fa93f2f47fab1

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 0cf25280f071916fcb6acb32b01e86e0 SHA-1: 29f6a8846fec45de4e343bb8f609b58a4b7fd470 SHA-256: 954fa93f2f47fab146f807397eab906fda2ffbf390a528bd1eb893a189ca5937

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a malicious XFA image payload, triggering the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening the document in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms its malicious nature. No specific family could be identified, but the attack pattern is clear exploitation.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `963af139f4db48c737233013f4331458bb86e201f1f887b36041b3ba07c8c58a`	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).
`acroform_b64_00.js` `cc67393566c704ed299c3435e70312ebb0c46635c203b61523a560a729902dfe`	deobfuscated-js	PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x58A	8730 bytes

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