Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72ddd69949864f25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 92b5acce4b2edf7330a5899b8bbb615f SHA-1: d740ce80997ba5b0edd6eedfb89694771e5a1efe SHA-256: 72ddd69949864f25f988f2b1aba60f819d262a65eb78de5baf431c7c1b5397ab
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains an XFA form, which is exploited by CVE-2010-0188. This exploit is known to download and execute arbitrary code. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious, is associated with XFA templates and may be used in the exploitation chain. 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/