Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a94b43306662e870…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.1 KB
MD5: df543cb1ec2571f40f0a04676e9366d2 SHA-1: a30a5e35823e794a8e401a1464627c0dc1496538 SHA-256: a94b43306662e8700d3dfa4cbc1f6957b39bee8030e16b5b41caee86fdf676a5
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution, leading to the delivery of a malicious payload. The XFA form structure and embedded file further support the exploitation vector.

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.
  • 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
161bd2a1ad009ae3f5a9c4cd03277b0392395d71ec617e7d0c993bbe1e0c305e
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 2450 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).