Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4a5041de80cd8f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 6847d79ddefd20922158232ecc0dc504 SHA-1: 2579d9be969d9fbd97afe5f3b8c89c11c948dbdd SHA-256: b4a5041de80cd8f8e23fd24b3cb7720f88fe2f6b2970a3edbde3b70165068676
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The sample is a PDF document that contains an embedded file and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload. The embedded file and the exploit indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
c190db56a55676ebe46b4d7832b4a49bc5df35b4f5ac63e027303c86bc77f1d5
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).