PDF malware analysis — malicious · b0b8165290fd305f

MALICIOUS

PDF

162.2 KB

MD5: fc9f6c14b8c008fc70872ad7e43cebd6 SHA-1: 34cc6ac989c00bd82cb58655b88336524fa26a27 SHA-256: b0b8165290fd305f746fb8eaf6b04185b0d6c364fd4f246b31be9b22ebf1ca40

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File

The sample is a PDF document that contains an embedded XFA form which exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely this payload. The attack pattern is a classic exploit document designed for initial compromise.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `3cc04b21d9f9346e797d2584ce3828cc26b35d3fd790b508d70369dc4fccd7ee`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13442 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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