PDF malware analysis — malicious · ccd7b3eb4aef012e

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB

MD5: 8823c7a5e0266a25c31da2b4b9a42079 SHA-1: 9854da796f1801fda66060d3bc6a87b3e5f759d4 SHA-256: ccd7b3eb4aef012e31af739690fdde8aa2656a43f3e8fd347563ac80f71e3c31

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to target Adobe Reader and is used to execute arbitrary code. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the second-stage payload. The exploit and embedded file indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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` `4dc9395bb6570e09bf2a65377cfeac21bfff071466e31d07d3718abb9870a146`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13430 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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