Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03204324a41bd0ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 1e3affe139619d61d3796e0939efc4b5 SHA-1: 1d8e6e7c448820a6fad02c0c960a92f52aa86783 SHA-256: 03204324a41bd0abc86a4d47507cab6d8750c74531ae14280533e97be9e988c7
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified as malicious by multiple engines, including ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an XFA form and exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability, which targets Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit likely leads to the execution of a second-stage payload, although the specific nature of that payload cannot be determined from the provided evidence.

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/