Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 449e6e5470b411ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 467c8d20f5e813fcddc47c562eb9d127 SHA-1: 6e1d8335f7602e751b3b3f75f1122e549df19131 SHA-256: 449e6e5470b411cad22bc4b4e847f2ba6c6bafc2793f6f097327a958c6cb4e02
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form, which is a known vector for exploiting vulnerabilities. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates a critical exploit targeting LibTIFF within Adobe Reader's XFA processing. This exploit likely leads to arbitrary code execution, as confirmed by the ClamAV detection. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template but does not appear to be a direct payload delivery mechanism.

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-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
  • 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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