MALICIOUS
138
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload, indicated by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' ClamAV detection and the suspicious embedded file artifact. The attack pattern involves luring a user to open a malicious PDF which then exploits a known vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.
Heuristics 5
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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.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
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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.bin4408b025d0136a3c865abbdc7f34aa693fbe16ae3466ff82e43086405d1394b2 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D | 13473 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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