Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01b26628c6b3f307…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: a2d3ab0d59bf45f31fdebcd1670dedca SHA-1: e4e565c7002d44cae5930a39ac13e18c34b30354 SHA-256: 01b26628c6b3f307f5571866b589e4c651b6523092f7ac42a3878597beba3212
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF containing an XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain, potentially for downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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/