Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1093bb425d0a9696…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.5 KB
MD5: e49e6ff275188ccccee1df4e1a57c2be SHA-1: 44df21a259fac8f16ee55d180ea504fcbac55d30 SHA-256: 1093bb425d0a96961155b8ece963b28eeebf3499bfa22d116a1c26736aae91e9
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader, allowing for arbitrary code execution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a secondary payload delivery mechanism.

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/