Malicious PDF / .TMP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a3d3dc49b513c79…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TMP

125.7 KB
MD5: 328faadd4a43a99facdef04ffebb48b0 SHA-1: 2e863f508f7e200f03c19e7a00479dfba2d87131 SHA-256: 9a3d3dc49b513c7916beb25b51a06b57f1c402a2f36fea4336eb252dde79664c
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The critical heuristic firing indicates the file exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms and TIFF image parsing. This suggests the primary attack pattern is to leverage this exploit for client-side execution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was heavily obfuscated and truncated, preventing further analysis of the payload's 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.
  • 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: PSEOF. 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
4039e9c998334ff031d82f5ca110045c516b3c5ea8785535b9ad33d41166a47b
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x4F 13560 bytes