Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b67acb78fbdd1ad5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 7d2c19f681e67c1b89e89f8101368b9f SHA-1: 4af8d767143c783d6b6462c70fef454b88ffde7c SHA-256: b67acb78fbdd1ad5616fadd22bdb1a6f0a808e76baa24bbc0f903c36b4b8913c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object and exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This is further confirmed by ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90. The embedded file is likely a second-stage payload, although its specific function cannot be determined from static analysis alone.

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
02751aaf8384bff6fbb83dffb23cda677821d6e09f7348f54fc4dcc1a99eca3c
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).