Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03dec459535d2558…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 0ab8fae8b5adcdc9c8fd12bb035b4f0b SHA-1: 9d70caf6b8efbf9396e47c40e21383db810efa71 SHA-256: 03dec459535d2558dd024b636761efdb68e8f0faac6de702c57274b4323234b9
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious due to critical heuristic firings indicating an exploit for CVE-2010-0188 within an XFA form. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution on vulnerable systems. 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 corroborate the malicious nature of the file.

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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