Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 436f0056ed259113…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB
MD5: e00d79b9fe7e5395ca4bea7a202fc409 SHA-1: 0750a02d6e617f36c8c913dfd543685737a40454 SHA-256: 436f0056ed25911316b9d5f3e430ea4ce99fbcb04951687a9663305cbc4fb681
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains XFA form elements, which is a known vector for exploiting Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. Specifically, the critical heuristic 'CVE_2010_0188' indicates exploitation of LibTIFF within Adobe Reader's XFA processing. The embedded URL, while benign in reputation, is part of the XFA structure and likely related to the exploit chain. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • 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/

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