Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfac75bab66f9b62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: 0d566f6118d970712d2eb40e19ec6a7e SHA-1: f3675210e8bbbc887bc8ec31b88b820d628ad1d0 SHA-256: bfac75bab66f9b624c1bbe73ce664b99688cf0f31d18de40d71f2385b399dd35
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains indicators of the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and embedded TIFF images. The presence of XFA and the specific exploit signature strongly suggest this is a malicious document designed to leverage this known vulnerability. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was not sufficiently readable to determine a specific lure.

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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
33e6ad4adb68ed55e8d8bb5096b98c4f2a5e1d06b8b6e1882d6d01754c83c7b4
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).