Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de79cf41de9d4220…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: d1f1e51534c04f7a90c5bb32cc40eac1 SHA-1: e3e32f7044aa55e0ae6ba1ceada571baff10a894 SHA-256: de79cf41de9d4220fc49a3b7be2d344d921718ef6facbf7c3fd81921ef503418
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded malicious file and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which targets Adobe Reader. This indicates the file is designed to exploit a known vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The embedded file is likely the second-stage payload.

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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
  • 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
5b0ebf0fbae07c6de6d0e986ba989d3af2ae1f47aac3c9bfeed9aaa3ebe4f482
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).