PDF malware analysis — malicious · 01793cf97c2566b1

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB

MD5: f833b6e3f50f9b624a95125a9ce95f0a SHA-1: 988ae6f152d935de9cebf47e0fa4bf38eba7e5da SHA-256: 01793cf97c2566b11366c387635ecdec20e38daab6c5942237e009cb765b8014

324 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file leverages embedded JavaScript, specifically targeting the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader's XFA processing. The embedded script is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the 'Js.Exploit.HTML-28' ClamAV detection on an extracted artifact. The ML classifier and multiple critical heuristics strongly indicate malicious intent.

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` `327f7598ba5c04db2c747bac947770ff1b1cff1fe6f482a2d44fa902b2a41640`	pdf-embedded-script	PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x3CE	11975 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-28 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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