PDF malware analysis — malicious · adc9035e60039a2e

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 6928cd5769f47db57c67b296235f6e40 SHA-1: 313d810025be83f09c850f5aed678e5e787f9b8a SHA-256: adc9035e60039a2eb65c28086f95fd1b5a9df31dd33718d78ab55e26ed1a0ea4

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious file and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded file was also flagged as suspicious.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `153ad06634a630c80efaced06220a274f85c46d946672715cf52ef2e7bebb7cf`	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).

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