PDF malware analysis — malicious · af07a1bd7c166c51

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 688c47a831a9841cd4e825106529979f SHA-1: c174c0ed9e70b70b31ece585f041f61edf2e8d30 SHA-256: af07a1bd7c166c51918b8ffdaa0dc87b43182ca59bcda6db0143ad14e72a6166

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

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

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object, identified as a critical exploit for CVE-2010-0188. This vulnerability targets Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the second-stage payload delivered by the exploit. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms its malicious nature.

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` `d4e3c66afdf1069e065831a73ebc35ffd5b422f8fa8258699389cbef78d948a1`	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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