Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 456167cd885f9ca9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

23.9 KB
MD5: b55feb7000814e83cee083475420855b SHA-1: 46f23c4177793049c4a91f2df0d660c1ef07e610 SHA-256: 456167cd885f9ca9d29381063d937cfe6279f033b7d89fea9d7ef9ff19676711
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document that utilizes XFA forms, triggering critical heuristics for CVE-2010-0188, a known Adobe Reader exploit. This indicates the document is designed to exploit this vulnerability upon opening. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is associated with XFA templates and is included as a potential indicator. 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/

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.