PDF malware analysis — malicious · 00512b518cd9a360

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB

MD5: 899b4baafa5b48502f810e6a41043615 SHA-1: 87907184da38176d4d5d714fde57aece1fcd6707 SHA-256: 00512b518cd9a36016c513e20c20652986095906824d577f29deeeabb8b21a84

324 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file is flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, specifically indicating an exploit for CVE-2010-0188 targeting Adobe Reader's XFA forms. The embedded JavaScript, when decoded, appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of 'Js.Exploit.HTML-28' on an extracted artifact. The primary attack vector is likely a user opening a malicious PDF, triggering the exploit.

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_000003ce.bin` `a5c06d53b0d8d7c82c854e301d3becbff554a4cf4adaacf4e97a0b3d3da5f607`	pdf-embedded-script	PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x3CE	12137 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-28 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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