Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ef06808e3ad2349…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 4d64c64a9ef16ecfe6d675fd9af9740a SHA-1: 3a0ba534abbcd8d865e6cdb99d00bd0e08a9ef1a SHA-256: 1ef06808e3ad23490db034bc1a2eabb104bb1491fa20092e8c19cd4d639674fc
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA forms. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is part of the XFA template structure. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of this known vulnerability to achieve code execution.

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-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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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/