Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 202adefae7684c38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: be5273b02008f93c395b0220c05c1a20 SHA-1: 549f433ffb115c000007898397d139a633ebf913 SHA-256: 202adefae7684c38ccad69df18eb377f059b040a8f07825017a191f6df9342c2
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. ClamAV also detected this file as malware (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821). The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a lure.

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/