Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7762248fbc41bb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 1675f20974c1b231affc3513e2efd4ab SHA-1: 619ea421825f7cb3bc40d026525718808df3f723 SHA-256: f7762248fbc41bb0071ae2e0db54b93b9dfa129013c8c44042672aed77079e7b
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains an embedded TIFF image that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload, as indicated by the presence of an embedded file artifact. The XFA form and embedded file heuristics further support the malicious nature of this document.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
a9fe0f82e72afc42fd601a260029be5ca0b83ecc50089337607c41ad174ee816
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).
acroform_b64_00.js
5a085d8b9213c82405024d5290f0f63e0e29ae9ccf8757c43c33c5afaff72f1a
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x58A 8730 bytes