PDF malware analysis — malicious · ad37a5263dc04af5

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB

MD5: df03b948885cdf4b38f385493319f915 SHA-1: 78505f76fe0fc4285cfe02dbc48a2c847bd214ff SHA-256: ad37a5263dc04af5ce81733f599b1cb73cceaa37b8822f976971c6cedebaf6a0

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA content. The exploit is embedded directly within the PDF stream. This indicates a classic exploit document designed to compromise the user's system upon opening.

Heuristics 4

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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`stream_000_off000001e9.bin` `5a7cfcd766b46fa21d4830d16e14704d4de39466fc662df6ee9698b063beb16f`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9	13469 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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