Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6ae7f37a5402122…

MALICIOUS

PDF

576.2 KB
MD5: d824959ed2d54da5d6075eff69b4a482 SHA-1: 3acd6f9a62bb77d3a02dab8c2d6202a05549346a SHA-256: d6ae7f37a54021224c9124d2b31da8f89bb6e2d98d16a47071823213576aedbd
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This indicates the file is designed to deliver a malicious payload upon opening. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-5339519-0' further supports its malicious nature as a dropper.

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-5339519-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-5339519-0
  • 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
e114667400b550ad4273e62db9f695ca033022ee2171c06ad7c441ddc0b74093
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13454 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).