Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f3030d1f53d4e7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB
MD5: e8cea07b86fa3809f916a1e0636ad7c7 SHA-1: eac4decdc53cad20310871b2a23b36007d705231 SHA-256: 5f3030d1f53d4e7cb2409d3603951ea02eb1c016e9df6b0bdf3940d63e8fe05b
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) content, which is known to be a vector for exploiting vulnerabilities like CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. The embedded script payload within the XFA form is the primary mechanism for executing the exploit. While the specific payload and its ultimate goal are not detailed, the exploit itself is sufficient to classify this as a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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 risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-93 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-93
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream low 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.
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
6be82b965b0a21bf5a128d0aba9ea17657fac65c23e0933afa30df1f02479772		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC6 83399 bytes

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