Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b7e7fa20c1005bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

23.9 KB
MD5: ecf29a464ee9654bfd07d4cf43f410a1 SHA-1: 184aaa67f829194f218d3e2e77e105cb8f9c9c7a SHA-256: 1b7e7fa20c1005bb8f6988105ab5d865a58e92eec25a69f4588534fd1ede5331
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. This exploit is designed to download and execute a malicious payload. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is associated with XFA templates and likely serves as a lure or part of the exploit chain.

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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