PDF malware analysis — malicious · fc8a780b29fdf469

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 18c024b68262f84e0423a8317d32b2ae SHA-1: 3df03c272e2b09d3ba6c795e7786a573891df7d3 SHA-256: fc8a780b29fdf46932ee49bf4d1f19f91893c4df842ee6e76d028a3a4458b6a3

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains an embedded object that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to deliver a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded file suggests a dropper functionality.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `62b39119f144721a95e4ed0987fa5713797cd7716662f58edfe0c29d6eb333fd`	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).

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