Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ad0e333262daf51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: a4de27a2af4e22f9ec7aeae37046d6af SHA-1: 5e25a9914f04f7ae06f3191b186d1ff9b4af7900 SHA-256: 4ad0e333262daf5151897e47b1b3c5da1307c465c16882fb6b30d787ca370192
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 exploitation. 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 not directly malicious, is associated with XFA templates.

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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