Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f0b2ce3317aa30f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

64.5 KB
MD5: 7410add119636c937fee973dd123e9a8 SHA-1: 5206d1c9ae7499f3d809d5da3e17caa7e3f3af2f SHA-256: 9f0b2ce3317aa30fdf8f6dbe90e36e8e4a3b9df026b4cfab7bfb5ad0411adbdc
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload. The XFA form structure and the specific exploit indicate a targeted attack aimed at exploiting known vulnerabilities in PDF viewers.

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
11629279baeebcfcad852cc2901a5a60886031df7419c18185fd6d6b5d44bb57
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).