Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7de213f7a1bf815…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.3 KB
MD5: ee75517dee146225ee41c046eb855819 SHA-1: 15471dbc876f0360acde76e6e022070f42fc5d3d SHA-256: e7de213f7a1bf8157a567fbce433597b69d6e7fb807eb34d7640e5cf46acf164
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and an embedded file, indicating a multi-stage attack. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-0188 strongly suggests exploitation of a known Adobe Reader vulnerability. The presence of a secondary embedded PDF further supports a complex delivery mechanism. The exact nature of the payload is not fully discernible from the static analysis, but the exploit and embedded content point towards a malicious document designed to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
32e620bf11e3702351c9f6b5b530939ed7157381590e549d30b9e7de5500bba6
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).
stream_001_off0001e4dd.bin
9e64f05248edfbee7e64aa1ff5dd753e85e5497b7d1dd2db9704044673a012d4
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E4DD 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
polyglot_child_pdf_off0001e48c.pdf
91b52dd0a9c9dcdcc0c36702bce49243703e00ec315755b6f069f5b5f8d61d03
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x1E48C 3238 bytes