Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da4f16d0e7d107e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

133.7 KB Created: 2010-02-02 11:08:21 +09:00 Authoring application: Xelo PDFLibrary (via クセロPDF2 v2.1.6)
MD5: 844707d2fb6ba11cd5ed0264dbd96784 SHA-1: bddf2ba04a9b205d7ede5db74852399a893219b6 SHA-256: da4f16d0e7d107e21e806269580bf337024a4887ea2312fdaa88f4f0967325a4
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF document that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms and TIFF image parsing. This exploit is designed to allow arbitrary code execution. An embedded file was also detected, suggesting a downloader or dropper functionality. The lack of readable document body text and script content prevents a more specific determination of the payload's intent.

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.
  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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
5a479ff2881cc991bf2f5e5dffd9080c2332683563d973d5bbbbddf0f58331ed
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).