Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e61d63b1e2aded5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 2a124b3c89b88f1eb58486fe3049fe71 SHA-1: 1a82c052a75d417ac772aea708055f437c9e618f SHA-256: e61d63b1e2aded5c356fd3397b0ae1d7deaac51f95235f080ade10cf5b875c63
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a payload matching the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload, indicated by the 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' artifact. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3' further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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
bd166d736888dbc8c9fb2395626727b4c3cee190bd1340d41c418b818f4f1471
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x6C 13441 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).