Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1e95dbe05193a88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: d4279af92519013f2df898159e64402c SHA-1: d8963eaa149ec0e50e3a9dc73d32a10800a72459 SHA-256: e1e95dbe05193a88322faa7e0e221fea2c55fca60e6d7cadac47e8ebf61a7c21
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded exploit targeting CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader, specifically within an XFA form's image component. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, as indicated by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' ClamAV detection and the presence of a suspicious embedded binary artifact. The exploit likely serves as a dropper for a secondary malicious 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
e6ccafb42c5ab6f9c4d5ad5edb21ab69451e88a52a34b5e11aff4543a867ea6b
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).