PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9d81843aa6dec20b

MALICIOUS

PDF

129.7 KB

MD5: 6229ebd0561a55cff1c76557e34286c4 SHA-1: 6904b52a089ca92f1baaeae472f9613f532a06b1 SHA-256: 9d81843aa6dec20b5abd220e7558d3c8532851deb1dda32eccec950b1d5449e7

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to allow arbitrary code execution, which is typically used to download and run additional malicious content. No specific malware family was identified, but the exploit indicates a high likelihood of a malicious payload being delivered.

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` `71f6fe9dbfdaae6e5cf5ab5c712e3ce7456323a17b5deb26e4b46393bfae689b`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13454 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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