PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9a38c285d3cffa8f

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.9 KB Created: 2005-09-29 09:27:34 UTC Authoring application: Adobe PDF Library 8.0

MD5: d4331b64d892dc5122f5312a38735cf4 SHA-1: 1d77a2bcd210360a22ababd62974ac9d3b9658e3 SHA-256: 9a38c285d3cffa8f60aa5e42ae25d6701102ea58c3eae767195266a1df10963b

162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and an XFA form, which are commonly used to deliver exploits. Specifically, the critical heuristic firing indicates a CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component via an inline XFA image. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36078.

Heuristics 8

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.Agent-36078 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36078
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
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
`embedded_file_obj0004.bin` `07b30058301333a4e1607f01f0f882a4b257f7c6587d70322649b9ac140744f2`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0x1C6	12827 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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