Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0f47f664dac6d78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.9 KB
MD5: 1c013154b528b332cd1552451f8ad1a3 SHA-1: ea9e32da54d349bcc210d12be0bebad8f8bd70d8 SHA-256: d0f47f664dac6d78ebab3e905f99bdda6c19347dde0ffbeee71c0796495ec4cf
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2010-0188, which targets Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to deliver a malicious payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1506725' and the presence of a suspicious embedded file. The attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening the PDF, which then triggers the exploit.

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.Dropper.Agent-1506725 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1506725
  • 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
dd1fd1db4c805d9d5586debd3c1386a232f41ca835aa8a4387ccb4832e7b94e1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x55 13484 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).