Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6e677ec591bed2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.0 KB
MD5: 317b847183dc9d5efb77662a9ca11b3d SHA-1: d80aae71065efa2ee3ed95ac9a6ae9cb30b80c1b SHA-256: f6e677ec591bed2e238e713e20cd24d31057bbc93c6668cbbda8249717db885a
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is a strong indicator of this malicious intent.

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
4b023a4c4e2165256df0f4eaba057dfb668ae48da6b6c7ac06dd78a0cdce75da
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x54 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).