Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9e0b3909aa83072…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB
MD5: 2d5d7b974f499687726f68042228d3c8 SHA-1: 308f9911c0c07c49c950991a49b11e36fafabe54 SHA-256: e9e0b3909aa830729fd75728b55043794c688e41d5a303cfa2497190ef3fd23d
70 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form which is known to be vulnerable to CVE-2010-0188. This exploit targets Adobe Reader and is designed to deliver a malicious payload. The heuristic analysis confirms the presence of this specific exploit. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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
stream_000_off0000032f.bin
12e955785c01c817cb421746d13949c6fec591aa2228c04086391d1e53f65f47
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x32F 13410 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).