Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c23b49d7fe0a5d46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 0bfe664ef599c1a468cabf6127578a17 SHA-1: 1a17f564ae7732cb52fc85205e32a51739bf0372 SHA-256: c23b49d7fe0a5d46dc50c36264bdf5f97a00a5297e7caebba1d0c19836b5acea
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, indicated by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' ClamAV detection and the presence of an embedded binary file. The exact nature of the dropped payload is not discernible from the static analysis alone.

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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
  • 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
0ca60340a7ba937037ace8ff5c715abdf4f70a4fa78aaf9912e2c054db411c52
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).