Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26e4cae6d9424dc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: ef5b7da93bf24f7258fbf6a50a045ed5 SHA-1: 27e5cf6a4fe7f1bb9795b7407b2131db0fda3a53 SHA-256: 26e4cae6d9424dc7e438d34a2d448efcff755149b116421eb5151034c63d4d8f
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form and exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is used to achieve arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL was not deemed malicious by the scanner, but the core functionality relies on the exploit.

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/