Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa7916f80029c5cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 0a803fbc83e7805b12c33111b9b4377d SHA-1: 204be4737e756c4f049d5284b4340b7785e9b2d9 SHA-256: aa7916f80029c5cf1efa3781d4d2f00ac4895c80c8da8d1d2ab336ef48a0d7ac
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a critical vulnerability, specifically CVE-2010-0188, which targets Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to deliver a malicious payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and the presence of a suspicious embedded file. The embedded file is likely the second-stage malware.

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
f0e290d0d188fd177cfc0633fee16e64a4046324ba7b63ef3b8b3739d0ea795a
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).