PDF malware analysis — malicious · f78e563253843b6f

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB

MD5: 526bec53ca6388379b2b942a773f682b SHA-1: 79e8ae883f77125fd671484b0c84bd2e71d30327 SHA-256: f78e563253843b6f56c2c01145b9ec71596d74403bb6bb720b2fbcb38c253398

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and TIFF images. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is the likely 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `fb4644e972f478c91ea1cfdf20e5093a13e9f636e475d59d73b2930550ff209d`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x53	13465 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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