Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eab3b6f4d2b6e2c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: bd7a69537a0da58ddea293094811b8b0 SHA-1: 4d0e551995df79332ce8183e6cb86c3f78ec3090 SHA-256: eab3b6f4d2b6e2c237a83ac5eba51a1693bca53037a89d1672657638342f120f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Click Fraud

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload, indicated by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' ClamAV detection and the suspicious embedded file artifact. The attack pattern involves luring the user into opening the PDF, which then exploits the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

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
c517379e70224ed85618b3e38ad39c45d8833e5822f9562c5018241ef186ccb3
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).