Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a71ae45372aaa35a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

167.7 KB
MD5: e88fac04d98fb32716ec4f5e468eb9b2 SHA-1: 0ebe861a91c27241c5bea9105512e2c831017e54 SHA-256: a71ae45372aaa35a99867ade7fd04af100d3a08baa9fbeeec88d7ace0da50535
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains an embedded file and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to deliver a malicious payload. The embedded file, named 'nov varianty evro SPO SHA.pdx', is likely the secondary stage of the attack. The XFA form and embedded file heuristics further support this conclusion.

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.
  • Embedded PDF child has suspicious static findings critical PDF_EMBEDDED_CHILD_STATIC_TRIAGE
    PDF contains an embedded PDF stream whose extracted child matches suspicious or malicious PDF heuristics. Wrapper PDFs are commonly used to hide the actual exploit or lure payload from scanners that do not recursively inspect attachments.
  • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
5a479ff2881cc991bf2f5e5dffd9080c2332683563d973d5bbbbddf0f58331ed
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00024ab1.bin
0f1f252872efc2e32772676dffd68f503270ca0e788d4f03d223de397dd50589
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24AB1 30860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000280d0.bin
d8f092193e6f8d13b298d7b4fbc91d434743589e4bb927a023f9cd78a50bc382
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x280D0 38812 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0002d2c6.bin
a149c4462add7ad88cb05f558517cf81cd5ba1ff7c026fd34dcefd18cfea7319
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2D2C6 51068 bytes
nov_varianty_evro_SPO_SHA.pdx
12112cd97c7fb05f8b4719ce70f49e9ebab815cc11fab4263255c93e3455a659
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x3D1 220944 bytes