PDF malware analysis — malicious · e5d4058cafbeec45

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.4 KB

MD5: fad70cda111bbefe96c021dc28e83d54 SHA-1: b21da2e35c49600fd1bd0058ee2565760a8716d7 SHA-256: e5d4058cafbeec450d1db6f2d1eef14acf95a6b8173aedad8fa83f163b57fd14

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF XFA images. This exploit is designed to download and execute a malicious payload. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded file and exploit indicate a delivery mechanism for further malicious activity.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `4b2a5754ea1ea84ec19bde10d4dba7c63fea79801ebc9cd46f60144b4901a55f`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51	13404 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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