Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13bb8c3dc6f5d493…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.1 KB
MD5: f2878c18aad1f0026e515cc7552dd25a SHA-1: abaf98e608a1e81e30489626f87ce058cf9f2fc4 SHA-256: 13bb8c3dc6f5d493a2309ce4dabfd1865c064b0561637b30470bd9bc55c44e54
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, indicated by the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS and ClamAV detections. The script's obfuscated nature and truncated content prevent a full analysis of its specific actions, but the exploit and embedded script strongly suggest 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_00000354.bin
ec6096e85933d934f28931d12bb04b0cd5e7173f0af7384b489fc2f3a73919b5
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x354 15752 bytes