PDF malware analysis — malicious · a17719b22fd4527a

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 0cfc73fb5fa0f1195b31d94f73024ffe SHA-1: c3814c70216978007e63c191f64f631c827f3e6e SHA-256: a17719b22fd4527a022bef867e192bdd7c6adcf199eda4ec106fe134a6f7a69a

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms and TIFF image parsing. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `e324e0dfeb396b3bcf2338b8a37243fd54adf25a8d814155e4cc170d67b67f8d`	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).

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