Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8d0ccc8f32e670b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: c9d45934aa4e591fd3a0f3a17e2b405e SHA-1: e8b5e7beb0cc3c4f97c8ef02e3a3fadf321b3022 SHA-256: f8d0ccc8f32e670bbd6bc2feb0658326cc42ee6f94d9d25bbf6eb888f26c4efa
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with a payload targeting CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of TIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the second-stage payload.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
378114b1333b21d428cff6e0de413e05abff9b637038065ff5191801b93e5eb8
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).