Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f50c122de0022ada…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.1 KB
MD5: 0210d38386a0ca35178e974e197bca9c SHA-1: f6f51bf5f7d3cd26ae14f3269ac972412a13994f SHA-256: f50c122de0022ada9ffffd2d2473732e869127346b004f85e74bd8bd94cb4912
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a payload matching the CVE-2010-0188 exploit for Adobe Reader. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution upon opening the document. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the second-stage 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
19446918622980e9a24f3b62103282bd29aa3400b987a8bcaf910b0e4e382e02
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 24940 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).