Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0547ac72bc9b232…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: ecebeb015306b521f48edaeb9ecf5463 SHA-1: be2ed3bd0fe85ca4354dea05dedad392427c2a02 SHA-256: c0547ac72bc9b232f4b1c8261212a687ac12963e7395ba384db92893db0fcd77
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to execute arbitrary code through a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing. The exploit payload is embedded within the document's XFA image stream. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable.

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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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_off00000207.bin
dacb2c150e66b47164c01736068f8fb033223efc213082ee115d69b0a3aada30
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x207 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).