Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc29830cd35d8cf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

55.8 KB Created: 2010-03-21 10:36:25 Authoring application: llPDFLib program (via llPDFLib 3.x)
MD5: 76f7e8dc68b364abfd893f0e9340fae8 SHA-1: 2c097877caa970e00d9032e0fa62781a73db93ac SHA-256: dc29830cd35d8cf60df907c101daf05ad14111fa63c8071fd8f7465be2825968
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a malicious payload. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
abbf9faf59a168141cc70da8732fc2879df0d8c54926424071498a26e76c2717
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x57 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00009626.bin
4938630aafeec729352e7d8f5be0e175c5719d1972ecd4cdbd5ea79cdc5892cb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9626 22268 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d964.bin
ffe8e771808b12a28d20d38ebdca7afd19923f220fb714d6e4d704579ca656df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD964 46192 bytes