Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6c6fbeb5e5b7279…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

3.4 KB
MD5: e2b9c12a4e30a4f177b0d7d739852812 SHA-1: 3870681288c75b39aa1d5abb6fa1e761aec5f564 SHA-256: b6c6fbeb5e5b72792b45ce8f3f475c8af5971e399703c8f3c0e3ebc61cbb45d6
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains indicators of the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The presence of XFA and ASCII85Decode filters further supports this attack vector.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
257f5a3317a1ba5c4e4bc2d67122f3f0217efa025586057d051126a31d63f922
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).