Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9c8ae2cdf815192…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: 09aefbabfb75a38dd4a4abd58157ba3e SHA-1: 1f3b93c57a32c661b3bd45a914a8ca18451d2487 SHA-256: c9c8ae2cdf815192439c60e607a1e19df8a027bf15be907b0e1acd779ef9b9eb
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic, indicating it exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF and XFA images. The presence of ASCIIHexDecode and ASCII85Decode filters further suggests obfuscation techniques used to hide the malicious payload. The exploit likely leads to the execution of a second-stage payload.

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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off00000207.bin
8a81b57aabc6ed9bc5bc46ad65182712b01127bba34efdfe298d13374dd75d0b
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x207 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).