MALICIOUS
248
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1566 Phishing
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
The PDF file contains an embedded artifact that triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, an Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit. This indicates the file is designed to deliver a malicious payload by exploiting this known vulnerability. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate the malicious nature of the file.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 7
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Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188PDF 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.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
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ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAVClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
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ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEXHex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0001.binde99810caf196d68c066253dd1871d4d620ded2b7e1efbab04fd5881b4771cf4 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x6C | 13441 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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