Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d1768cca1a59c6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.7 KB Created: 2012-12-11 17:01:31 Authoring application: pgvdttsdhcgam (via waymhnpjmjprfv)
MD5: 80537379feed9447ccfcb3e79a88fedc SHA-1: b2b49630649d59bb02d7ed95b7d2f2ed9f3c0048 SHA-256: 3d1768cca1a59c6ba1aac549ff79cab38a409cdbdae0528d0e7f7c29468713fe
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic indicating exploitation of CVE-2010-0188 via XFA form data. This exploit is designed to execute a JavaScript payload. The extracted JavaScript file, 'xfa_metadata_stage_000.js', is likely responsible for further malicious actions, such as downloading and executing additional stages. The presence of XFA and embedded JavaScript strongly suggests a document-based exploit targeting PDF reader vulnerabilities.

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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
f5fada8101d0364117b2454492c05b64911df9d040cddf613d50212da6228859
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x12A2 10740 bytes
stream_011_off000041c0.bin
392d4f07be91edcc9359ef94bc01fc8fbd40fa048af13b58bb9eb28874772ed6
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x41C0 209 bytes
xfa_metadata_stage_000.js
bd792070eabd13a3416499fc5fcdc8ec380e7897b1c1d2bb87d16b07a29357dc
deobfuscated-js XFA /Title hex-XOR decoded JavaScript (raw, key=vanrxtsLKSR) at offset 0x5353 4114 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).