Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 230f09f4f7772813…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: ce21020969527bafc8a3947dcc6f8c98 SHA-1: 17bdd97fe75865724a51906faf54d37dcd401439 SHA-256: 230f09f4f7772813d3dbd27486885b44327c94ecea04688e89ca9c406e8a6b05
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1566 Phishing T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing via Service

The file is a PDF document that leverages an XFA form to exploit CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. ClamAV detected it as Js.Exploit.HTML-30, indicating a JavaScript-based exploit. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the exploit chain. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of a known vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

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: Js.Exploit.HTML-30 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-30
  • 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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