Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1d9f23ce9004d5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: ddc91c3030379c3ebd2a0d6d993b33ca SHA-1: e974feaeb6a0bd91016d5cea328ad1f8385c8798 SHA-256: a1d9f23ce9004d5d4d463cdda5addfeba4c163f06da0b57e9172f05c77b2cd82
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to execute arbitrary code when opened in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. The exploit is embedded within an XFA image/tif payload. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
dd23e410d08d7643dc2165becfeecf2af8ea4132c857dd2841b4f5656f612d14
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).