Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4942fffcbeae190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: 2d1405ea6e7f3fef7ec7cf0ad0a1a8ff SHA-1: 7e988ef2ca96f00cd0801428868d97c7edd01818 SHA-256: b4942fffcbeae1908243e5a8df1d6813845d419cc840ef10b19267f24650222d
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 in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded artifact is likely the second-stage payload.

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
d361d2b21c2beff95b6d33587c18ade86710f18ee9687c3dfed75b7b68c6fde8
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13581 bytes