Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd8620f277d63818…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.8 KB
MD5: 8612a34677fc2506934b1793fda6d7b3 SHA-1: dba8d1c5168d5d4df26798107bc419f409377688 SHA-256: dd8620f277d638184f3cab7a04398a9cfc51e5d8bbce105854adc3b44a08c769
80 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader, specifically targeting the LibTIFF XFA image component. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary code on the victim's machine. The embedded file, likely the payload, was also flagged as suspicious. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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
87af940eb9c261921b6bbfe9234b96c558acaa3250fc9f83306034754419f223
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).