Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb6b59e43bc090d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 841c855e1c6fbb55b45ce2fc993ef4c2 SHA-1: b82691124b103bae88e1ce41a74089b66ffa4631 SHA-256: bb6b59e43bc090d282159502c6e3226b704901d09890a50501c207fc42379bc8
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object, identified as a critical exploit for CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening the document. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the second-stage payload. The XFA form and embedded file heuristics further support the malicious nature of this document.

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.
  • 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
9e0599af116ecf7739b3656b8971559d101adc3faf556810e644741904567edd
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).