Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 024b633b3ae53311…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 151156d33a7466da923f3ec1a02fc21d SHA-1: 1caac36fdfc9613312a8347688e2a27b24996d69 SHA-256: 024b633b3ae533117a392a0b0e5b0886a9cb5d89f9155a302be31f35695d2102
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader, leveraging XFA forms to deliver a malicious payload. The embedded JavaScript, though obfuscated, is designed to execute and likely download additional malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream low 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.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000384.bin
7f37d237abdd113cd51cb47045a5285d995c13c611bad76f751d4b8a5d4bf6b3
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x384 12288 bytes