Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fc8a2086f9bf59c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 8526637c554c01899b5dbcfd45c4206a SHA-1: 37d73e81f746f2aa8b873236e2a2c04c1cfd820c SHA-256: 3fc8a2086f9bf59cfc870e6a11a99d3c51750daf1638028dc54bea3ff8b370c5
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability related to Adobe Reader's XFA form processing. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious, is part of the XFA template structure. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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/