Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6f6a7a92ee18bd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB
MD5: 9dccbf871fd8c97e6ea0db53bfda6774 SHA-1: 9c8a277b1711e1095b18100a39e06d504ab9c449 SHA-256: e6f6a7a92ee18bd302ddbadebb619ed34b6d153afec86eb26b6f20fd28d07df6
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution when the PDF is opened in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the 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
4164986d56aa1470845b701125ce174413ae443d391471b2a68a370ae615f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).