Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1e207aaefc5917b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: e2017db236b5afc9ebaf209273f87f3d SHA-1: cba7c75782177289d5f5b7806dd588f9f2ec9478 SHA-256: c1e207aaefc5917bc280222371cabc45690a9c4ae8f6f002631deedb029a9cd1
80 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 vulnerability in Adobe Reader allows for arbitrary code execution when processing a malformed TIFF image within an XFA form. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
13b1d7f2480bdd96a49f0afc7a5b64038c827495a4da941236d5e2e3e550d223
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).