PDF malware analysis — malicious · fd4c980fc57611d4

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.9 KB Created: 2005-09-29 09:27:34 UTC Authoring application: Adobe PDF Library 8.0

MD5: 25e5827e2af2cd1ccbc36652f025585f SHA-1: bfd5f6fb0edf9164ec31e928c1d8bd114d7a5770 SHA-256: fd4c980fc57611d45268917f68a526e7c58ce8abc8c22d8c2a38d33952135c8d

162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and an embedded file, triggering heuristics for PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EMBEDDED. Crucially, it fires a critical heuristic for CVE_2010_0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component via an XFA image. This suggests the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable reader, likely to download and run a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 8

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-36078 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36078
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
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_obj0004.bin` `d5973529772a5461be7ae4cf8c592480ca315b2cf36be1d5d015c616076a8a52`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0x1C6	12827 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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