Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 468c51b50f7a6222…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.2 KB
MD5: 763da166407125d40d01d947fbe8e831 SHA-1: 2512daa01706d904960be684557b285f1d7d4af5 SHA-256: 468c51b50f7a622258d53f78a2d3c29881b0abcd62beed27b998f6ec257bace2
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 Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates exploitation of the LibTIFF component via CVE-2010-0188. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template. 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.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/