Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b848d703ce25b733…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 09da7f02b7d3816ff57497a9f104f902 SHA-1: 62896115457a1ce8c3f91bef4ed0e4ae63f03823 SHA-256: b848d703ce25b733cc9ee66c8bb2fddb4d8f83f0033be20a9ccf59e32a8ea96e
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
be76bf6931807c8de85d0ae888878ecaaf0b7d9d937c84154789a175fa30d4ea
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).