PDF malware analysis — malicious · bfc1a8a8b4ffe946

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB

MD5: c792a59cfb8ec079b7d033dd470f64a1 SHA-1: fcaa50285490dd1b0a7634c047ab9d1e6fa0aded SHA-256: bfc1a8a8b4ffe9466c74cc4e8d137585e25c56a99392d8ca007e8ef2f8d69519

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader. The exploit is embedded within an XFA image/tif payload. The file's purpose is to leverage this vulnerability for initial execution.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`stream_000_off000001e9.bin` `964daf2090b4b4df382b3f6cc022a3c80b8d0493f1ecf538527d1d65ea30101c`	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).

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