PDF malware analysis — malicious · a4e6e2e795819a1a

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 2e61b99a9e98be1f350c5cb1fc0ecd71 SHA-1: 2221df4ce2db3ac991c099b94373c21aae016bec SHA-256: a4e6e2e795819a1a0f6f90f899cdbc400b33062c3344fb7b52984946ba0f5341

140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution, leading to the download and execution of a secondary malicious payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90'. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely this payload.

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` `7b6cfcc2490059ebb8a317293bcf7a52ead8fbcac42ccdb2ce6a76f66276b67f`	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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