PDF malware analysis — malicious · a90be968387b9314

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.1 KB

MD5: f2593fa993324337a0c1210964348744 SHA-1: 8ebc8774ad2bff7af88f265953a389218b82b643 SHA-256: a90be968387b93145c766c713c08fdef806a6117b5c7fe27af93a51e2f98a03b

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains indicators of the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, specifically targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution upon opening the document. The presence of XFA forms and ASCII85Decode filters further supports the exploitation vector. No scripts were extracted, but the exploit itself is the primary mechanism for malicious activity.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`stream_000_off000001e9.bin` `0a89506e333324feb13238880113f0e0f899714b20ef11d7ceec4b8b4404a170`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9	12996 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).

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