Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf2485a741e1a98f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 6f95982c9a2185da8a8f4921c8af0cf9 SHA-1: c23263ee1d7f82db2dcb51fecd4daac078c4c4ab SHA-256: cf2485a741e1a98fc500ae6440075c5d5cfd6adfbfb6d9372605cc4ececb5fd4
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the dropped payload.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
76bdf9a50e4809c9db60f942ea273bf9710c8ccec4638faeade0eae4ab75acf9
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).