Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a3576d6f0a26cb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 38f195e123a28b86cc1edd4fa525a008 SHA-1: c6aff65dd0bba58eaff3f98ae0b9cdf5f71d3c55 SHA-256: 2a3576d6f0a26cb1b50d3fe23e1c485b2a7c0723089dcb6744b76d98550bd331
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. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. The embedded URL is likely related to the exploit's functionality or a command and control server.

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/