PDF malware analysis — malicious · ff05e47a3920ab19

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB

MD5: 143f9b965efb916e0d82d5ecdd006246 SHA-1: 5a1201809f31b4c1b51acc5f3572a1b49750152a SHA-256: ff05e47a3920ab195432752de7a772968e51084d34b20208a9ef28c820c58849

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF XFA image processing. This exploit is designed to execute a malicious payload, as indicated by the critical heuristic firing and the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90. The embedded file suggests a secondary stage of infection.

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` `bbf97e0e5c62dcf0ce80d3a708a74bbd69c89b467e62e00a9137985e61d2d500`	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).

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