Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 121205441fb1405c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

23.8 KB
MD5: 529aef38e78a1253d4300185f5db658e SHA-1: 82046242e42171550384c58a021d50ed99ba4d8c SHA-256: 121205441fb1405cd381f89c0a82a16fa66b1aeac67b6b5008a0cef85d919d8d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, specifically identifying the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component via XFA forms. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution, indicating the document's primary purpose is to compromise the user's system. The embedded URL is likely related to the exploit's functionality.

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/

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