Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d82c7bbbdb234eaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: 432f810cde9d0fa71f19d5bcd0c36c73 SHA-1: 044f6449047262826d53fd6ce5d5f0d639279f0e SHA-256: d82c7bbbdb234eaab525030180eb61d232a41edc31351c2c06306baf34da56f7
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution when a user opens a specially crafted PDF. The embedded file and XFA form indicate the presence of exploit code. The attack pattern is exploitation for client execution.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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
2658823f8739609f25202317f8b8ac1dfbf36f7608c58a0071fd03ac6b289918
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).