Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39b6546d3033969d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.4 KB
MD5: c686bd4bcfeefc34cc2bd2e5b5a04beb SHA-1: df187d7c14602a02acf88a947649941e767ccb51 SHA-256: 39b6546d3033969d1b41b9a92a6a3d947949bc1cbd875e3c430dad38b53fed67
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader's XFA form processing. This exploit is known to be used for delivering second-stage malware. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA template structure and may be used in conjunction with the exploit.

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/