Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bedd41639bc47d8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 33754107e55a2e4912d9fb10cbebd03a SHA-1: 7edf55b489a9ca767337cf097cdf2aaa0855bdb9 SHA-256: bedd41639bc47d8b5f83bf0a16cd760a3ec0e29cc346a3eccffef190c51ee66e
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution when the malicious PDF is opened. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file, identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90. The embedded file is likely a second-stage 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
7fda7fa1722686a5bd86a7eab08f38a28a3e0a3db569c2d0eddabc7a30728d99
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).