PDF malware analysis — malicious · f6ad418ea48d95af

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB

MD5: dfb8c88df04f8ba7c71acef3cea01176 SHA-1: 115e29c597cf44c4c8b83ba6e9379f03b732116b SHA-256: f6ad418ea48d95af69c4017b65be4b165bc04cf0263d42ed26de7743925e0406

98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains indicators of exploitation for CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms and TIFF image parsing. The heuristic firings strongly suggest that this PDF is designed to exploit this vulnerability upon opening. The embedded stream artifact, likely the payload, further supports the malicious intent. No specific malware family could be identified from the static analysis alone.

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.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85

ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
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
`stream_000_off000001f9.bin` `2d2aff97d48244a14b91bda35a7b0ff9595ac7e8196c47deea7a964b0883454b`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1F9	13469 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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