Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f8dba0b2650358c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 9e8d8f1a94f78bbec843d3424c052dbf SHA-1: 335c7f83c2f1bf8f02e744daab57678cd96a2660 SHA-256: 5f8dba0b2650358ccbc44a8594e9d3ddcb745d623579457e07874a89827cc010
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing an XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader for client-side code execution. The ML classifier and ClamAV also flagged this file as malicious. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template but does not appear to be directly malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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/