Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c71bedf6c52853c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

2.5 KB
MD5: a4c893169e8f2b7204f23485954e24cf SHA-1: 78e5e2dfde684a23aceda01148dedcf58d261a10 SHA-256: c71bedf6c52853c16d576147414510459fe35a6601e0a3c493b4c5beff636d9a
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file is identified as malicious due to the critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. An embedded file was also detected, suggesting a secondary payload delivery mechanism. The file type is listed as PDF/.PHP, which is unusual and may indicate an attempt to disguise the file's true nature or serve it via a web server.

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
baf483f6039fbf47790c529c641e0dc1914674621a1523e7d2cfd52a9e93e7d1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 24940 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).