Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69ba245c3470118b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.0 KB
MD5: 36bedcdcff91c6db14d3225d3ba5d6e7 SHA-1: 9e5fa900d131323ed24ccf3da5351cef12f6fd49 SHA-256: 69ba245c3470118b78e7874562d70c0b8abbff01871b36f48ccdfad0f213ed02
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF sample contains embedded XFA content and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it's designed to execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript, though truncated, likely contributes to the exploitation process by manipulating XFA elements. 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_0000034e.bin
229a9197936626faf987b0bb658652211a1b55885c08a3b64453f4f1bf6bb474
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x34E 15701 bytes