Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3081cc182fc2f415…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB
MD5: d3abf89171a5a20c2c2959eb90a3cb98 SHA-1: 4918325618cbe2edfd61d1e44c500afa947f1453 SHA-256: 3081cc182fc2f415943dbc5fa019d2d4e47b1fb31d518c5fc59dd54d1cd0bd36
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA content. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its specific function is not detailed. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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/