Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ab491dbd5f0a5b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: a9ce793e8eff6794ccf37e537cd17efb SHA-1: 877638148f26a51b1ed5c19059b0c50f0f67da46 SHA-256: 1ab491dbd5f0a5b9d031e6d902a588bd43e52db5490923bd7d98874b66d8a0f6
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader via an XFA form. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution on the victim's machine. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template used in the exploit.

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/