Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6383bd7a764d4ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: c8d87c39f3be8c2aaeefd5e01c477f6b SHA-1: 324c1f38a9ec54707801d23bdfc211ab72829ca9 SHA-256: b6383bd7a764d4ea42fda45f3f5221fd95947dd702763fa8215e1cbc1e2f1d5a
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a malicious TIFF image payload, triggering the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90. The embedded file suggests a downloader or dropper functionality, aiming to execute further malicious code.

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
1cfd7332a8e782bea10e4d24c1938df4cdda69ddbf19a531ef48539e82d8b268
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).