Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aca9d594844bdc9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: ce4f527776c8c43dd2e8ea9715ba7422 SHA-1: 679847c0c49c32cbd771d41992d3ee19ca642eaf SHA-256: aca9d594844bdc9d19d3738dc08532bb07d3fa98c4bf9d4ca10530911a75a607
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, as indicated by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' ClamAV detection and the presence of a suspicious embedded binary.

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
db339fb15694bb1f9e5f79f495015f6cd6ef4e71026842cbdad0073ec5defb10
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).