Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 570d4484221deab9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: d5d06f799dcffca2ba5b1c2b1c309006 SHA-1: c33d17a0e9f4519a60fcc46759efc93470b79e6c SHA-256: 570d4484221deab9fd0d16daff17cd69fd58a17daf2e3c559c3c838fd14d3745
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that utilizes XFA forms and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA content. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is present within the document's 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/