Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d80f74d5c32e4139…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 0b918d9e2190c181b45616bc43165aa2 SHA-1: b574e23887e1c401e4541f07d52ffebacaae987c SHA-256: d80f74d5c32e4139d9752b57730a95258afb397f740ce0ccac834fb67d2c5341
218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains embedded content and triggers critical heuristics for CVE-2010-0188, an Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit. This indicates the document is designed to be opened with a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader, leading to the execution of a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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
acfb4a172662322621173d81f3df0aef29a8d3d863c4fed27103519a34d0593c
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x6C 13441 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).