Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dfc849cdfda5bf65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 022776a7ad7b521b1a51afe8ff28ae15 SHA-1: 679a3b3c32fd09ec42552129850a869b8b3733e3 SHA-256: dfc849cdfda5bf65f849ad4c2830c92a34b7cbab280447302ff168859bb34d2f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded object and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which targets Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This indicates the document is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening. The embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin', is likely the delivered 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
30867b309a1cc912b16a695282993d7ffd365a630e837c5c167bc4972a1a4a1a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).