Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7db8b0869c1b9e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 09b19a7df76bfb867a5fea601c615bd8 SHA-1: 26ee6c2d23647c778d3c6717e43f07d1632f997c SHA-256: f7db8b0869c1b9e99b8e634717369d38222b2858f4d6f16ff5077272954db9c9
218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a TiffImage that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, indicating the file's malicious intent. ClamAV also detected the file as Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3, further confirming its malicious nature.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.Pidief-3 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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
  • 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
4e5e1303422c1fa396bf3a2085863d1e16ee0dee605ba9097d0368c44f2d0794
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x6C 13441 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Pidief-3
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).