Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2c1a84144e78f2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB
MD5: 3a67789dc523b6d083e8c4d652c7316a SHA-1: 0d82095da1168c38163b35a633ffd8ce2c80f2f3 SHA-256: c2c1a84144e78f2b31b54c8702e28c05a7403212140837e5a3aa8fcf7492d3ed
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The sample is a PDF document that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to allow arbitrary code execution, typically for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of an embedded file and XFA form further supports the exploit vector.

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.Agent-30069 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-30069
  • 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
4efe23e57d6d1e886ed92b9d55a6ce9ba55234977f9c343098465d6f9ba16763
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).