Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7d5603ca8dcd7b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 52594d913cb212387606cdae6d26748f SHA-1: 970826f4979bd7957711b1b18fb2f65def26abbd SHA-256: d7d5603ca8dcd7b8cb180f9dca07e496ba28ffca62428b8047fd7661f8e6bb9c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' and the presence of a suspicious embedded file. The attack pattern is consistent with a malicious document designed for initial compromise.

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
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).