Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0680c24a914b873…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.0 KB
MD5: 07f87d0f665396ab3a15d8b2927c81f3 SHA-1: 06416f6e5f5d5d95d0488e97c93c4eec4f684423 SHA-256: b0680c24a914b873998c5840a5d8e00596ef4f21f7899d5de4c24df30dc984b7
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution when the PDF is opened in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the payload.

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.
  • 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
a3e198682a492ccf4c4989c5642393ce555cb55c95663eb242ee303e9f9533f7
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).