PDF malware analysis — malicious · cbe99cc45629090f

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB

MD5: af0f8f343459657c871ac3934916e483 SHA-1: 3ee4877eafca72b8383aa36e108b535d81e6b5d5 SHA-256: cbe99cc45629090f7d81d449e7a740b5e1462ca75c80c9f5733dc26224d21344

218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution when the PDF is opened. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3' further confirms the malicious nature of the file, indicating it's a known exploit dropper.

Heuristics 7

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.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
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
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` `b3e99abce0af7dfe9235bac7cf2c8adf2b821a2cb6d64fbed6470f80cd1d2716`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x6C	13441 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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