Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e1d516e17380d17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB
MD5: 8d59e1132a5408a0118f5f2042fd587f SHA-1: eb927d68e327dcc27ce424198ba2ccd8c27d942d SHA-256: 6e1d516e17380d17ed011b84f383faa6e7d2065fe14f3ed8191ef36713517124
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF sample contains embedded XFA (XML Forms Architecture) data which is known to be vulnerable to CVE-2010-0188. The embedded script, identified as JavaScript, likely contains shellcode to exploit this vulnerability. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the primary attack vector being exploitation of a client-side vulnerability.

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
ba85ca872101422c7648c34e1d203b98a5b883ae9258ead0294f5dfeb0a64898
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 15885 bytes