Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdb6df0a3614e77e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

159.2 KB
MD5: cfea79b56f4fe19259c40307b4352f99 SHA-1: ffefa64c07b4d49fab04047eed13c84a823aed6d SHA-256: bdb6df0a3614e77e39ee5fcd9ad46ba5b60ac5ef98a73b7b416c1725b6b4947c
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF document that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to be used for arbitrary code execution. The embedded file and XFA form suggest an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The document body contains obfuscated content, further indicating malicious intent.

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
1f5901f01c6d4a77d866413f26318399d3b9b0c6877c6a06dbcaf8f7f2a59e45
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).