Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 237bb7fe4a282b01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 6cb4f22c036efd5237472a828e34a499 SHA-1: e2b519fb2d291efcca23a3321ec3c433a5265561 SHA-256: 237bb7fe4a282b01a92af93a508d2e43d31e3b5deaac1ec8193f0e8055751072
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form, which is a known vector for exploiting vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. Specifically, the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic indicates exploitation of the LibTIFF vulnerability within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to achieve arbitrary code execution on the victim's machine. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template but does not appear to be a direct payload delivery URL.

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/