Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f94fb33ea0d8300…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB
MD5: 0e0706c28fb273b0ac06e43151fd20fe SHA-1: a030760d9138686fae5391f2119e77c3aba5eee5 SHA-256: 0f94fb33ea0d830077f3b87663e6617f2f72300a97d94c495f65a47707f1f15c
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which is known to be used for client-side execution. The embedded JavaScript, when decoded, appears to be obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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_0000034e.bin
862a6278ef9125995a2e05e9d269954de084ec0a4d822de7fb29fe699fe7522d
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x34E 74552 bytes