Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 630fbcf3d896c8b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: e226a8a820a07e68b47d5e89a175642c SHA-1: 03d7072cccf953ed2e5e651e2730bdb5bfb91a8a SHA-256: 630fbcf3d896c8b3e16bed554f1606086c17a1af9b64d1b6fc2c290234a87ee3
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains embedded JavaScript and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. The embedded script likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, leveraging the exploit to gain initial execution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • 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://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000359.bin
5e936026beb5179bca4622b348b5b69cb18cbb7d74404e333792c2fbab472532
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 12185 bytes