Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4145a830e6f82fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 53026c8d5907870c70a0c0e90ebcf4dd SHA-1: bb5166806d3672d8b2d12b6fc32c454193ba4213 SHA-256: f4145a830e6f82fb4886620a1fd14f77c75ad526f763aa6af876fdae0ebe5abc
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution

The sample is a PDF document that contains an embedded file and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded file is likely the delivered payload.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
c1b52b96353561c7d9cecf79d1d931c543a6e4f01d62d493e931ccfdd0a8201d
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).