Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea94e7ccd320e801…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: 42fa2be778491baac90b6e5a3bdeeb4e SHA-1: f841994e4beb5d859b53294008ecb6d7f5f4b5cc SHA-256: ea94e7ccd320e8015f4053edc906a961cf2e081ab6729427b5c1fa8f89ca07b3
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA forms. This indicates the document is designed to deliver a malicious payload upon opening in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable.

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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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_off000001e9.bin
d02e57e9236daad00f18c5b27548ee40d037c1073c21e72303e988a7b2036280
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).