Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3de86919d43b9395…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.3 KB
MD5: 549f24490c2d55e2d20c9138330052cb SHA-1: e4f05b1505a474b092edec6ccf45d109fff3c4d0 SHA-256: 3de86919d43b9395c72b796b245919779741299cae994c1648d58280a8d35aec
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-0188 indicates exploitation of a vulnerability in Adobe Reader via an XFA form. The embedded URL, while benign in reputation, is part of the XFA structure. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file. The attack pattern involves luring a user to open a malicious PDF that exploits a known vulnerability.

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-36826 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36826
  • 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/