PDF malware analysis — malicious · cac2aa2aedf4e9b4

MALICIOUS

PDF

175.7 KB

MD5: e1cc21c8b12a88cdc20d3af3a71f35ed SHA-1: e27b44e4c52b893c5c73a8ab1828af9097dbe3c8 SHA-256: cac2aa2aedf4e9b47aa3ffc2adc6d639df15c22f3b2eb5432ce2decaada5af3d

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary code, indicating the document's primary purpose is to compromise the user's system. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the secondary payload.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `e3e8e2cfb7614e695705b226701b8797ee0da5c253685eff5cfcc10d9cd7324a`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13454 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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