Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd7b02fb621e1eb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

227.2 KB
MD5: b49e1bf6503363e1b5226d31d1692176 SHA-1: 58dae3b02cece00991663f7ce371b07da45b6a2e SHA-256: dd7b02fb621e1eb4f136c418d2968e3ef5c3414d7d7d0c408400f5d141fec9eb
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to target Adobe Reader and is used to gain initial code execution. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the secondary payload delivered by this exploit. The document body was unreadable, but the critical heuristic confirms the exploit.

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
14b6dd1b7431bc2aa8b7b92b930e69f5cb46377a6498f708dfd574674b12d6ee
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).