Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe27e543c26fe1fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: c19676fd6e1f54c9334924f1a5a36802 SHA-1: 3a22e4fc603b748bf5f8e2cfb1822afd2d92bf77 SHA-256: fe27e543c26fe1fe86e85f3eb2b4f40590f11d0b0ab9d3b88e0090693bab98c1
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 secondary payload, indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90'. The embedded file and XFA form further support the malicious nature of the document.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
ae2fa8249bf8f355b440a12fc739cd92675ea18de5459137411c64a19ca67d2a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).