MALICIOUS
186
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.007 JavaScript
The PDF file contains an XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. A deobfuscated JavaScript payload was extracted, which appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The script uses string concatenation and obfuscation techniques, indicating malicious intent. The embedded URLs are confirmed benign, but the exploit and script execution are strong indicators of malicious activity.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 8
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Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188PDF 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.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTONPDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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-locale-set/2.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.2/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
Extracted artifacts 6
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0041.binc06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x26FD | 85 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0042.bindda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x27AF | 1029 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0043.bind79308b0e06f22ae21b31645f5d8041321f8463367ba683e40e8f49c50313ef4 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x29C8 | 1667 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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embedded_file_obj0044.bin3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2D8E | 144 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0045.bin10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2E3A | 77 bytes |
xfa_metadata_stage_000.js4a7e0403ed392ad3241ae2457e555b77a0db7ce2becd8a45852a009150f90bb7 |
deobfuscated-js | XFA /keywords base-29 decoded JavaScript (raw) at offset 0xDEB | 2181 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).
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