Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 578987a1d0c6629e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 148e422f349729564a8c7a4a52bdf9cf SHA-1: b43f1712d8effd7fa45557ae69784b568f8846fa SHA-256: 578987a1d0c6629e0a05f19fa24d4aad7af58ede476f1f9dcaf051283a709a08
272 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. The embedded script, detected by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.HTML-28, likely serves as a secondary payload or exploit delivery mechanism. The presence of XFA form elements and JavaScript actions strongly indicates an attempt to compromise the user's system upon opening the PDF.

Heuristics 10

  • 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.
  • XFA form contains executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose dataset contains a <script> or <xfa:script> block — XFA scripting has been the exploit primitive for several Adobe Reader RCEs (CVE-2010-0188 family, CVE-2018-4901, and others). Plain XFA without scripts is far less risky.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_000003ce.bin
908aef230f8bad42d4443b0a6266fffa06ee361332d9639bd63c5461d98b5d8a		 pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x3CE 11924 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-28
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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