Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a1a210ed79a2cf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 75ecb192fa7a4e2823da1a77be3aa381 SHA-1: de2513a61b3d585142c25aba4d93ae83901541a4 SHA-256: 0a1a210ed79a2cf75912e8f7636d98a95677fb102004314a612641a9270dc2a6
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF XFA images. The embedded script, while obfuscated, is indicative of a malicious payload designed to be executed upon exploitation. This suggests the document is intended as a spearphishing attachment to gain initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • 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-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream low PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000359.bin
b8abca2483aceaa0559a07390269df720073189683735c5e4ab9620330c4dbd2
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 12202 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).