Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f28fea56e8d78d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 93ec26b4463937b08ee2ca5da70aa92c SHA-1: 560505aaa124e18875ed260cb38f3b8f2ac2555f SHA-256: 9f28fea56e8d78d141bc346a12cf198b0aa8d7735bcf5157607cccb5663a01d4
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to target Adobe Reader and is used to execute arbitrary code. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload.

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
be8364489f28e1212c8025cc59afd3b2496767c3877f982acdecf1b3dfda1d6b
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 12940 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).