PDF malware analysis — malicious · bf97c2e29050a232

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.0 KB

MD5: 2201f6de60816bab7389fa4fb5eb7717 SHA-1: df5127f0e82e47477f1c2e9319e062a3b0a96146 SHA-256: bf97c2e29050a232d46dc4cdafddb76799242db4e1bff2bd7eaa43cf34bb5016

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA forms, leading to the execution of a malicious payload. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the delivered payload.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `55a1e3111633fc5818739f27d60ec7c652d41467fb385d97a2314f701093fe3f`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13562 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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