Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb72857b48dd5f63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: d5cbe04fc6978cddf3b443e4e93cffa0 SHA-1: 3566ee353b22fe855c254ad193eb0a659f9318d5 SHA-256: eb72857b48dd5f63222c7b5e5aec1b7fc193c10ccc70462d8d5155feeb48be33
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious PDF T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded artifact and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating it exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing. This suggests the file is designed to deliver a second-stage payload upon opening. The XFA form and embedded file further support its role as a malicious document.

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.
  • 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
4d3833b61442aa5a9440f72b52aa11630adfdcb933f010cf14cb2de8143cd589
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).