MALICIOUS
200
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link
T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link
T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
The file is a PDF containing an XFA form, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Heuristics indicate a critical vulnerability (CVE-2010-0188) related to Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component and an XFA numeric stager. ML classification strongly flags it as malicious. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain, though its exact function is not detailed by the heuristics.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 5
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Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188PDF 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.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36825 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36825
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XFA numeric character-table eval stager high PDF_XFA_NUMERIC_EVAL_STAGERPDF XFA initialize script reads numeric form data from rawValue, maps the values through a short character table, and evals the reconstructed stage. This is an exploit-kit staging technique even when the final decoded layer remains encoded.
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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/
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