PDF malware analysis — malicious · be86949f9dac6b32

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB

MD5: 8afc98d6b2cf2a5972a8371f01c8650a SHA-1: ac49bc84a55ba91f92edf1fbb25b102ee1f6f22a SHA-256: be86949f9dac6b326b719e33acf4601535d1b6018dd9ae6ec61d7910ed3fa361

80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF document that contains an embedded file and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to be used for arbitrary code execution. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the secondary payload. The XFA form and differential parse failure indicate a complex and potentially obfuscated document structure designed to evade detection.

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.
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
PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED

The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `a74aa67d6829e5b6784fbaf0778060732b76657e25540d60d06b143a6b6a5f30`	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).

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