Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 756ab0fcc183e3f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 42ecaa2bda52bdd23baf85722c2fb41e SHA-1: f38a5766fcce7e4d42b1d23954a1f95e1162d5a1 SHA-256: 756ab0fcc183e3f2de5182a5f9367cab060c1429e90b2a069ec68a1172cf562d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's XFA forms. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution, indicating a malicious intent to compromise the user's system. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the exploit's structure.

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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