Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3fcb73892908c80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 67b071ba31ddc245c9fd62652e52cc1c SHA-1: 53a7e8c7caf58259add2add81044ef7dce0d31f5 SHA-256: f3fcb73892908c8033817a166d46e12a9b292a74b5bfe17635d680bbfb7ff3af
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Clickjacking

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely this payload.

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
8f5e608fe96da97c70ed84229d856bb7531502eecf4d70940dcf62d463c28817
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13434 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).