PDF malware analysis — malicious · c8a8aaa6043f2909

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 2a5b1a7a7309924c46fe392990b6b2d7 SHA-1: aeae621fc24e603714f65d54a5577876c9fbb6e7 SHA-256: c8a8aaa6043f29095c51fbbf23bedeb37bbc577d8697ef8f5e03f7914e4de959

140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with an inline image payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This indicates the file is designed to deliver a malicious payload upon opening in a vulnerable reader. The embedded file and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `5f7869d86f0efee85a0e224220cf4ed76fcde623fda22d2a8a3fbda67cf25570`	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).

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