Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b76208c5b5a0f073…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 5e2957477656751280cd433a45ccb5ca SHA-1: 4aa9aeb40cfdbdae66f87a87ed0df7352ce566ac SHA-256: b76208c5b5a0f073d08b1025d333de2d90ebd6751947017c1cc40131ee4ea336
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded exploit targeting CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for the execution of arbitrary code, indicating the file's purpose is to compromise the user's system. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload.

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
d9471d8d5d91243ff7a1ee44d516b2ef5cfab9bb0a6738354f44ba9ba21f1386
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).