Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e405c107c9a00932…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

3.4 KB
MD5: 76f17ecaf8b897820409e3187043069b SHA-1: 9c91800e3043ef21d41c3187c0949499e9624c98 SHA-256: e405c107c9a009323b0a1e3420f0fca0de915283c732513a17d680ad6ad1f090
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form and utilizes the ASCII85Decode filter, both indicators of potential exploit activity. Specifically, the critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-0188 confirms the presence of an exploit targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute a malicious payload, likely delivered via the decompressed stream artifact.

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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
b246600286235f3a2b56d6d7e1be6ce8884dad2f6e058d7835f1087ba0905a45
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).