Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a9c67080e309cfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.5 KB
MD5: 113c40debf2dd32e991046603d645a3c SHA-1: b242b5b1de553f74d449c91fc317d06cc6a821a3 SHA-256: 2a9c67080e309cfedeae189c70afc49e45fe45636fb92e33988472a545bf1f0b
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document that contains an XFA form, which is a known vector for exploiting vulnerabilities. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates exploitation of a LibTIFF vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its exact purpose is unclear without further analysis. ClamAV also detected this file as malware.

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/