Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9f60917fb720a33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: 9ce8486456fe439cb769798aff4744a6 SHA-1: 599117b98a09994fe686838346af679dbdd5cf0a SHA-256: f9f60917fb720a33164efa264e95d582935baeb80bb6a4819e2aa18dfd92267e
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF XFA images. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening, likely leading to a further stage of attack. No document body text was available for analysis, but the critical heuristic firing strongly suggests a malicious exploit delivery.

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
6e3a42d3293648a7de2462d98b301957ba7d61365bb8095118c0230d6ca7b789
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13581 bytes