PDF malware analysis — malicious · fae2bc98e5688e6b

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB

MD5: 0c1e79d71b93905ce6016c179e7e5a0b SHA-1: b76d94604bec599b023ce5936e2899e77c797017 SHA-256: fae2bc98e5688e6bd179577a6bebddc7ec48fcc6f1391cda911cc326eb97854e

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable reader. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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.Agent-24281 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-24281
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` `44c477d1c950413bf2932351ce2c869d1ac2b48e40c6673b1a239abf63c8ae82`	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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