Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4efbcbed9f4652c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.6 KB
MD5: 6a0f812b287414ad0bce8456d472b8f3 SHA-1: 4719399b86a53953eb3d581aafc200158caa7bc7 SHA-256: e4efbcbed9f4652c46b9ba76651e4b0e0424b61a6e7c88824a92a55866f143f1
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the payload. No document body text was available for further analysis.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
e3cdb2de5d85ec326097b48c5cb72a98ed6d95a40a34e56b6920f771fe4292f9
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x58 13465 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).