Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54db8080efb4e27f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.4 KB
MD5: 89987eaffff9bf59862f4ce83f06d2a5 SHA-1: 649e8051cf01012d52b21ebd519895c0954e6b3e SHA-256: 54db8080efb4e27f4782564c4eefbbc0233dabd37f430cfe7011d415755cdae9
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The file is a PDF document that leverages XFA forms, triggering the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF processing within XFA content. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is associated with XFA templates and likely serves as a lure or part of the exploit chain. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78.

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/

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