Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b581f3106e60d36c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.7 KB
MD5: 287eaaae7dd98e392040f689c8b66c9d SHA-1: 1f103937115323438cea87579eb0a750b7b89c64 SHA-256: b581f3106e60d36cc12dd4e4ac9644ccbcf164a28d2d99756e04b86765396517
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded artifact that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The embedded file and the specific exploit identified are the primary indicators of malicious activity.

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.
  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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
730ebe7fdf97208d62df97b174aea974e7ec98491d378053ef85ca5d77a8ff77
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13433 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).