Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eabf4a8fc9d88f1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 7a58ab222c9079a5eca416308fcac0cb SHA-1: 48ef1ca3c8888a286a683f937f5e754ee2aadc43 SHA-256: eabf4a8fc9d88f1b75873c9250cc18b8062c608525976e315f7b3886548f2510
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing. This exploit is designed to execute a dropped payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and the presence of a suspicious embedded binary artifact. The document body itself is largely unreadable, but the exploit and embedded file are strong indicators of malicious intent.

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
54e1f21e290fcbef92181014d5254d1f9b947aa2080ffb5eb984ac546fb43910
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).