PDF malware analysis — malicious · adfa66ee723c8940

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB Created: 2005-09-29 09:27:34 UTC Authoring application: Adobe PDF Library 8.0

MD5: 7c02c54349ebeeefefd00838e600c274 SHA-1: 2df38b2160b7d6d1f05248df276c74142daec64d SHA-256: adfa66ee723c89405c52940374607e0f0f2da1fcdde09fb3ed41e36f4bf3a223

160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-0188 indicates that this PDF file contains an exploit targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA images. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary code on the victim's machine. No document body text or scripts were extracted, but the exploit itself is sufficient evidence of malicious intent.

Heuristics 7

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.Agent-36078 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36078
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0004.bin` `67fd2d09b75e623d1ef21fae5f391343ca65460c439983ee15a695106447bf6f`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0x1C6	35879 bytes

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