Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b700a4bda27bc9e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 38093bb7a6b1da7a05cfd53443920618 SHA-1: 03348b294efa98049e35755afcdea49cc96ed0d5 SHA-256: b700a4bda27bc9e84b218e3bca9a73118127697c8fc8a0bf632c3cc8de843b6d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute a malicious payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' and the presence of a suspicious embedded file. The exploit targets a known vulnerability in the LibTIFF component of Adobe Reader.

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
e73bc7499e57640ab4471bc547c7d1b9567f54b30c03eecffae335a01ff9724f
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).