PDF malware analysis — malicious · e4c105f9253b5006

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: f4e0f055736834fd218f6d1b8f6594ff SHA-1: a2ffbc6126bbf1ebd563793196a5965614a7e4cc SHA-256: e4c105f9253b5006bcd64b93148ee91bfc99d0c1cc4a32525a1ad69903c2ecf2

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' and the suspicious extracted artifact. The embedded file is likely the dropped 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `742ffe413ebf47c7e613234bd4a5a6e47fa6f3a1d13f757bddea21a6981d65b3`	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).

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