PDF malware analysis — malicious · d223d1a38b4f588a

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: ab5e6c3ff6fbe38a5b077155ebadc806 SHA-1: d7c31bc83bb1d68be69d27854156c93bfc26e949 SHA-256: d223d1a38b4f588a744987a3d5e59a8dc4a3f9d0a0ebfd909c4c67737efc5e20

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a secondary payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is highly suspicious and likely contains the dropped malware. The XFA form and embedded file heuristics further support the malicious nature of this document.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `a0a75ec251b2802e9f1c973756de135d43dd7871ac8385284a8c32f57ea71fd9`	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).

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