Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e80f9b0fbee04de2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB
MD5: 0f72b0091cc90f56100e7fca6838aab7 SHA-1: 5830553b246ab87dec8584ec462b374a0ddc6ac6 SHA-256: e80f9b0fbee04de2e1201a7c91801850739d3a0633ff0e118075fd71dd50c142
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload, likely for further system compromise. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is also suspicious and warrants further investigation.

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
312f2c3cf5b94b686735c82608a92a2cd7a4414e44705875d5a24c5d6a22a5f0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13442 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).