Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1289d05e03347bf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: ebf4a2944508c8f7b18494e124bcaca5 SHA-1: 0ac25d29241224aedb371fba3ab22af2cd1f2752 SHA-256: 1289d05e03347bf63f295c43873a8304d5f488b774eea24e765908cf55e35ec5
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 CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader, a known vulnerability for client-side code execution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template used in the exploit.

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/