Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5787079b748d236…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 48e26d88c45d24b7d2c49b24a78d4259 SHA-1: a70abad271209c9f1c2ee04944b60eac4178cfe2 SHA-256: e5787079b748d236cf4fd7456ffd14c51474cfd606a84aca1ca3fdab23da06fd
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to target Adobe Reader and is used to execute arbitrary code. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload.

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
63e26f4a4feec1373c33c294d65ab669bd4ee5bc7a777ac4784cd4b1626e0f89
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13428 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).