Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6fe2b6414ee6f53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: d031e7e48f3b3442a35960dfcc05ccec SHA-1: 8f42bc39b0451a933d965928c653be4666ba6ae3 SHA-256: e6fe2b6414ee6f53e0fcb9adfa8c121edee84a82398607842886746459709876
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with an inline XFA image payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This indicates a direct exploit delivery mechanism. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
  • 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
a2658c0e9448f26411edbbdcb0153a228d25b590a40aeec438d9464b549d8868
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).