Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 037de27085dc7ba8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.5 KB
MD5: 3e21fae1b546c4b1c10543a80ddc379b SHA-1: 40cf82a2a2edb08bd940df97cf163f543b29db1b SHA-256: 037de27085dc7ba837c7240ec7badc71ba852bf1bd0c93f543170cb300075074
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by multiple engines, including ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an XFA form and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component, to achieve code execution. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its direct role in the exploit is unclear.

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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