Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 096ff540c0f4390a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: f5b50c971fdbcb6d9566cfe3cdfc979c SHA-1: 18999450a0f3d25d4eb9030080740bbdac706109 SHA-256: 096ff540c0f4390abc7572888e93a07d8a1644db19f6ba3454e4b0273eebae8c
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an embedded XFA form, which is exploited by CVE-2010-0188. This vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution within Adobe Reader. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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/