PDF malware analysis — malicious · 99ea99d0a3715b97

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB

MD5: 2d1d45ff88ae5de8206d9270d81386ca SHA-1: 08913ea66f9701f92dfb1d102d7deec7b7a9382f SHA-256: 99ea99d0a3715b97874ceb05cef6389318c4767d4fe20600c5657975b0f19840

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear textual lures.

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
PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED

The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `4039e9c998334ff031d82f5ca110045c516b3c5ea8785535b9ad33d41166a47b`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x4F	13560 bytes

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