Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48e6e97b5c3c6ee2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: ee2c10ea5cbfeef47e1efe9071a4eb37 SHA-1: e15e8f9531d65395416354a40f134baaa886b3ff SHA-256: 48e6e97b5c3c6ee2b45b0c12dcf5bc03c211243f34cf96a3697adf5af28f9bb2
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Static analysis identified a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, an Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit. This indicates the file is designed to deliver a malicious payload by exploiting this vulnerability. The embedded URL, while benign in reputation, is part of the XFA structure.

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/