Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9593eb45e919ba7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 98d70378d8c94b6d5139784c404246f0 SHA-1: 8e9ad3d2f83d18c59f850828f12f90419094385d SHA-256: a9593eb45e919ba77581e64c5fc168aadb7afbf3533a3413f4387da5295b4e43
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This indicates the file is designed to deliver a malicious payload via a known vulnerability. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the dropped 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
78c8e49fc2a0c29be208b81579aca25a7708fa24d5cf4e37b65ae9d5d1af68b9
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).