PDF malware analysis — malicious · cde6cf2f7d72fef2

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.0 KB Created: 2005-09-29 09:27:34 UTC Authoring application: Acrobat Distiller 8.1.0 (Windows)

MD5: be75fce4f7e0ee3726916eeb302fbcea SHA-1: 7365ff92bd45f9187dd47794cd14cf4fa83fed4e SHA-256: cde6cf2f7d72fef21444c805c1edb3fd7056ecb1c079ee6dbb4dad6257546ee9

162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566 Phishing T1204 User Execution

This PDF document is malicious, leveraging the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The exploit is embedded within an XFA form, indicating an attempt to deliver a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36015' further confirms its malicious nature. The document body contains structural elements related to XFA forms but no user-readable content, suggesting the exploit is the primary mechanism for interaction.

Heuristics 8

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.Agent-36015 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36015
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
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_obj0004.bin` `59d47f738b4d7cb43f40bcc9352a9168ab1fadcf59402309ce88d5880ad132d5`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0x1D5	12826 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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