Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fff14ada6bb33b8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 811d7add18f54f14d9b6c5b1ab09c2ed SHA-1: 6e12149b757b69d32de421fc7df134f269c3c2e0 SHA-256: fff14ada6bb33b8d2cca3b8527c96d075fce175c359a4cf236f28fd3729955c2
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, indicating the file's purpose is to deliver a malicious payload. The embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the payload itself.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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
6d10255760d0c927bb4244ddf5cb74d415921b84b564cd5eb20023f8e087ef88
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x51 13430 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).