PDF malware analysis — malicious · f98a9509b39a8c24

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB

MD5: 8e688181233a30a5150d87d32a520e86 SHA-1: cac1ee84bc0cbb05b507ca8ca68432d151adcb7d SHA-256: f98a9509b39a8c24fa93265a40bfb62319de2bd289ea0e6e04635c1373f23012

78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The presence of a long encoded blob within an extracted stream further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85

ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
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
`stream_000_off000001e9.bin` `84d40e0e6c21b9b9caac4709cfb890caa9f7f8ff7d57f0c4bf8dd30088e24202`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9	13469 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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