Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea298a90fc118dbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 96fa40f263771eba871a16cc7d0a91f0 SHA-1: bacfee6e01ac372e83f2dd2e9578cbd177dc27e1 SHA-256: ea298a90fc118dbb92bf58a42969da3431924d57f9a27cb2dc37a3db2dfbc37e
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90'. The embedded file itself is a suspicious artifact, further supporting the malicious nature of the document.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
153ad06634a630c80efaced06220a274f85c46d946672715cf52ef2e7bebb7cf
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).