Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 226fdef1125b3007…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: a858647e73b38e8e4f18ee69c10da80b SHA-1: 9ef58ccad3a86ed2da07c6cdb2e4514b20f9058b SHA-256: 226fdef1125b3007b3e94da3e3df453bc3a6b99c21cbfae171ecfcb7c88b0b35
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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 execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its direct maliciousness is not confirmed by reputation.

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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