PDF malware analysis — malicious · 002acc1ae1cd004f

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.0 KB

MD5: 2b706f7e32a657383e830cd0f6394a2b SHA-1: a9b26c793651d3ddfc196631e87e8d0be3eec70a SHA-256: 002acc1ae1cd004fcc3c3c89b2b9e4c4cee60b00765ffac13793dc9587d1f31f

324 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript within an XFA form, triggering a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, an Adobe Reader exploit. The embedded script, although obfuscated, is designed to execute a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for delivering a second-stage exploit or malware.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188

PDF contains the CVE-2010-0188 exploit template: XFA JavaScript heap-spray setup, a generated TIFF image payload, and assignment of that TIFF data to an XFA image field rawValue to trigger Adobe Reader's LibTIFF parser.
PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
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.
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
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.

URL http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_pdf_script_000003ca.bin` `40d3616eccf0adc4deb99877cd1ce8d1f742342bcd6936002e75994c5c6e57c7`	pdf-embedded-script	PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x3CA	12314 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-28 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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