Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 634a3f8388324681…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB
MD5: 250f3525049ffc235180087ed2a386da SHA-1: 0b9537b65dd8985f4f54c0a3673c2a2936ebd845 SHA-256: 634a3f838832468144ff2d53819b6404c29a1f5b1d38758414b382055c622e02
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it's designed to execute arbitrary code. The embedded script, though truncated, suggests an attempt to download and run a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

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
99c7757e78141e8034c11b475feb81b5657541ad4774b3fef919c8ab64da6249
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 15901 bytes