Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e2ddd9d38936b00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 6692ff042cb84477dd2328fde9f5c70b SHA-1: 6873fee8f260253f05320fc3dd30f65db64c8e63 SHA-256: 9e2ddd9d38936b003d299aeac7649ec4a8d3b461c8d61eb07171773e27219d12
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious file and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader. This suggests the file is designed to deliver a second-stage payload by leveraging this known vulnerability. The embedded file and the exploit technique point towards a malicious document designed for exploitation.

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
c74b9cd1b502ad95d1472f68540ed3d3b632d614da39025274a286cd154a27d6
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).