PDF malware analysis — malicious · dfc1008d04dd5e56

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB

MD5: 6540f0ef3b7f375bdb0c377bcf0d723b SHA-1: e300c3fab738bbb448d66392f1707f42896851d7 SHA-256: dfc1008d04dd5e56fb78396e434dbe5dafe046d4ff100e71a1e2d8ce83cafb16

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. This exploit is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body appears to be malformed or encrypted, providing no direct clues to the lure.

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` `a58f2644650363f7ef05a4e6130f3b6249f629c35480caee4faa8d7f8c00e4b5`	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).

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