Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3ee370ccd314558…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: ce09054effd29c597105f983fe686013 SHA-1: 22f738e1627ff10b1db1908f451ffda2ec853bad SHA-256: f3ee370ccd3145586f9a651d20db094e169fbce5183415dc9878b53b237597b0
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit is embedded within an XFA form and is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening the document. The presence of XFA and the specific exploit signature strongly indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
2305290367496361369659e5eb151bf7026de849ebabedf38fbfc326078080fc
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).