Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35eb4aa08bc0f63e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 585256d4a61c39e7262d4161f08289ee SHA-1: f5f8d29770d7bf17d9667b88b48774481b2859f3 SHA-256: 35eb4aa08bc0f63e73106f631466c380b45bd7fc37d44763ac2aa9d759ea08e1
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that contains an XFA form, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF and XFA. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is part of the XFA template structure. The heuristic 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' further confirms its malicious nature. The exploit likely leads to the execution of a second-stage payload.

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/