Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72917a014a807c98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.6 KB
MD5: 12f53e38fe841b7dc73757da6e38dac7 SHA-1: 7a1b65196cf503731348e0a4657948eb6b530cd8 SHA-256: 72917a014a807c98a719cce3e3f95652450ac0ad5c2a6c8218d20f3f16b9d445
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. The exploit targets LibTIFF and is designed to execute arbitrary code, as indicated by the decoded XFA payload. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its reputation is unknown. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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/

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