Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02e27a57e15bde7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: c22f5d064b9fa70698b9724353027546 SHA-1: 9aa6401b860725ec5fb6464a2896bb6cb6c31946 SHA-256: 02e27a57e15bde7a6af8cd1b7980dbd3362e79a1cdd88c4d2f6f8e25ebefecf9
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-0188, an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component within XFA forms. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening. The embedded URL, while benign in reputation, is part of the XFA structure and likely related to the exploit's functionality. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

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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