Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4b2342bf2ed4bec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: a0f01fe8f5e7aee27a7621749e1eddf3 SHA-1: 654429e3c26bc4eca9e58f883fad4cba0bf8502d SHA-256: f4b2342bf2ed4bec42c0e5fa41be06f5f3745a8357ec8c5c72802011f43ca8b1
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form which triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution on the victim's machine. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the payload delivered by the exploit.

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
9c8bb0ee52621c927f4880fd823b32ba33d1275d99cd1d6d4e14af42e4ea492e
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).