Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e4c40bc00619956…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: da4f5e112446cd0f74e953dab6f2c6ed SHA-1: 5d974251d9be3d5520dbf8e315e708421761224f SHA-256: 0e4c40bc0061995625c448e4c00308ae159e9a63e7a718405d366af9c413f3fc
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability, which is known to target Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. Embedded JavaScript within the XFA form is likely responsible for executing the exploit. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the primary goal being the execution of an exploit payload.

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
fcf2959eefbe1fe7819d1c541e5809554d339d3f7f2e8c2260764fa74bd657f1
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 12180 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).