Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7d983acb412d818…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: a1d1ef19f8879029fc77d8cccee0d8f5 SHA-1: d0a65140ff5350cf6ae3af15fb13315a122901b1 SHA-256: a7d983acb412d81857b2cb0042b2179c8ab4e49e7d7f5497f6847a04dfba1a93
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to deliver a malicious payload via a vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded file is likely the second-stage 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
84a2913d33462237439271072bc174292e9a07826ac62e0c85058342b08f99c3
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).