Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a98bb7fcca07cb29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 1d9d825fd15b07897119de036a14a832 SHA-1: 59882770f6d3036c33053c082cdf14b50b315ac3 SHA-256: a98bb7fcca07cb294da5ce33e998a6248f35d0024592ed9a5c2cf96a15451b98
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The sample is a PDF file that contains an embedded XFA form with a malicious TIFF image payload. Static analysis identified a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms its malicious nature.

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
378fe6a0b783d317589baa8b709a3f243922469c79628688d9caf23186762a7c
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).