Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ee141a456638629…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 6bfb3757ac56f49b7579b9a15ee601a1 SHA-1: 318e8417a591832507645d6d68df17e270b40d5f SHA-256: 2ee141a456638629db6951ba385bc7961fbe79cc3d18dd04bb71ddc75179ebdd
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV, specifically detecting Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821. Static analysis revealed an XFA form and a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template. No scripts were extracted, but the exploit itself is the primary attack vector.

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/