Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ade54bc05bfecd26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 4344664a3721befacefffbd15f7010e6 SHA-1: ac0f321c45ffb0b7b0435d403bbe7bb6e7fc6a8a SHA-256: ade54bc05bfecd26fcd6f926e624667abd6c26b62635ade99a5bd22dbb29e7ca
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF XFA image processing. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution upon opening the document. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the payload delivered by the exploit.

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
b937a397f5ea986cd1be7639a218f067cd00b5eaa264a978289f5f99e9e0beb1
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).