PDF malware analysis — malicious · e8562bd85397f96a

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 59831a9fb7bf592e7b2b4447fad05913 SHA-1: 75fb7954cd8200e34a054b4f148272a269f0bad4 SHA-256: e8562bd85397f96ae92923ef8a3bf87b475895a33d897e1afdd67a13a2ed84c1

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms the malicious nature of the file, indicating it's a dropper for other malware. No specific family could be identified from the static analysis.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `406eb645fb365b22b4973e1ef892e4773e6b7aab9145f35434973ed05d8f304a`	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).

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