PDF malware analysis — malicious · dbec8bc1e6de3667

MALICIOUS

PDF

153.8 KB

MD5: 89d40f7dfb8cdbf87b5f8a38fa2e28af SHA-1: 1cadb3a5fffe7e5f5f59ecab475b1ae1ebeeec4c SHA-256: dbec8bc1e6de36671899c8c287d0f36ab1b1e2c5c8c874e35318b8bf6cc10e53

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The sample is a PDF document that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded file and XFA form further indicate malicious intent.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `7838e1661215f34df8fc90dc6be8f5cd61aba87b0ae9f2b57ff01e46b4028c90`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13442 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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