PDF malware analysis — malicious · cac8776e14674f86

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 00bb33b779a0d0e35340d703b29e4166 SHA-1: a6a4adf148faf578d697f603fb3d904cfb8ff2a6 SHA-256: cac8776e14674f868dda833d59fbcad14553417e67549b92f5d3d038fd4aa7d2

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader, specifically targeting the LibTIFF XFA image component. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload. 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` `56564bce3c675c5cd8a2f5c04e98ed3a40b7e24190cb71c691b30c78b724ab7e`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D	13415 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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