PDF malware analysis — malicious · f09e15939e910d6c

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.2 KB

MD5: 1365fc54360d87873ac1717d8966b82c SHA-1: 49f2a49b8c0c18769c5050b3ce6bb6eedb100179 SHA-256: f09e15939e910d6cc08c4f340b6e4edee0620a6e3e8ca2cb6bb3483c3ca3c21c

100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution, which is typically used to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of the embedded file and the specific exploit signature strongly indicate malicious intent.

Heuristics 6

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.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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
PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED

The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `480bff9874047f908dfd2c58111ab080842434b65f91075e948626ee41cd09fb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x66	13430 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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