Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d83b4bb5fb7786d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: e633395cc7f8375eb531d9bf8fc7679e SHA-1: 216b207b6a67a6a0c087188f459e60c3ce73fbf1 SHA-256: d83b4bb5fb7786d46c6c836919d54005c74cdf11ba6b9a3129c6a657550e600c
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious object that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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
45cdc7171b7fa7bbccdb2c21ad65c4b27b9c3d37c1ad1480e933a69db6a34f96
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).