Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c9e3f152024c43c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 16830e217c7693d019a71a00463547a4 SHA-1: 851d25c7203d07f606b9a127a18efabdb50e83e3 SHA-256: 9c9e3f152024c43ce1169ce54a77761e7b00bbd9d8ec1e7a7f6b904c6815b3d0
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the dropped payload.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
c6e508c4103368c69ffa6c985f6ad7ad79b9d18f0d2216d02cebf6d5dfbc401e
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).