Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9823a2b316139e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB
MD5: 14f72c11edffb750790bdca34d893d97 SHA-1: c338e5cdd651a2eceb762cd69e7bf0d4a92f665a SHA-256: d9823a2b316139e2b5d69d05a01ca0dd5aad644fc783a013d65a5b77e10553c4
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to be used for delivering second-stage malware. The embedded file is likely the malicious payload.

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
5b61c57d3691a97bcbeea7ef6a4989569a3eddf932aa68f779b0a1ced6b8b7e1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x46 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).