Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e3ad10bd362163a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: 4de74ea622bc3fbee7929f324814e8b9 SHA-1: 319c0c3dc10d52f0adc9b16b1106dc904dc9df18 SHA-256: 9e3ad10bd362163ab3d337f03964355981ec18b373a92f57c444e5259112071c
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic, indicating it exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This suggests the document is designed to deliver a second-stage payload upon opening in a vulnerable reader. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was not readable.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
7cb7ab70798aad1a3952a91fa539bb848cf387e5f949ecfba968b42d01a10476
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).