PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9b79d04fc75f8bae

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.5 KB

MD5: 59b4e705745ad97cec011dfc769f1933 SHA-1: 6c2182e1586818e27d0c1369711f9a93c5c1d327 SHA-256: 9b79d04fc75f8bae0e93cbd0564805a7c1145da7709abc89de9e161ee171c6fc

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload. The presence of the XFA form and the specific exploit signature strongly indicate a malicious 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
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_obj0001.bin` `985bc80fbd2ba2bd4173d993f5dbb3d03b891fa88d2516ee80500b200af457fb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x58	13345 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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