PDF malware analysis — malicious · f40a9ccc447c6981

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: fc49b246105f76a2c59b253d87c3dedf SHA-1: c00fb77b73198f79a0bad652d03d469d2777544f SHA-256: f40a9ccc447c6981a04e42cc81329cbc1ad8491e92129e40d59e016607ea66f7

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload. The embedded file and the ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of this document.

Heuristics 5

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.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `d6e5e0f2fde30e302e493608ba18a795e228b0c01783c416735d7c4d5f09430d`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D	13473 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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