Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 017210cec963a186…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 68c47c4a0d683b0e3f1cfb8e327a880e SHA-1: 0b8d626a7eb1c5eb35cbc266848a9e71e6c4f029 SHA-256: 017210cec963a1865660e45e5ff84669244978ed16e12af68a6b5e3321e91b91
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an XFA form that triggers a critical vulnerability, CVE-2010-0188, which is known to be used for exploiting Adobe Reader. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the exploit's structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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/

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