Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e915b13f2cc00589…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: e455320b951c2a0ee8b3c8a0768a09fc SHA-1: b6febe5d47da3e3e38f4b341187118b62d845706 SHA-256: e915b13f2cc0058995a51bf749ad5beaf671ddf1c8ae4e97872444e714acc7e4
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing allows for arbitrary code execution. The exploit is delivered via an inline XFA image 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
1131826ee3a2f343a7580b68c96a4a9ec129cdb9ca1c1fa6e6a612686d1c782b
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).