Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a98746d73f28cacc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: 92ad634df139fccff521e79bb77b5734 SHA-1: 177ad9448b3cc02332b4d23ccf5d5e2ba77f8cb8 SHA-256: a98746d73f28cacc0f773d6bee0822e25e3218732e80f3d62d756bfdf39d0b20
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic, indicating it exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF and XFA images. The exploit likely delivers a second-stage payload embedded within the decompressed stream. The use of ASCIIHexDecode and ASCII85Decode filters further supports the presence of obfuscated malicious content.

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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off00000207.bin
d52da52ebacdd38a7cbea7d41db1ca647cd0c0d6b334d1d24de7bfb383665177
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x207 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).