Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75c3e5583ef118a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: f6c21505a68ff20673e6bdab9b228a7f SHA-1: 73a1884e756b3c3470a368b85937a93ed4272cb8 SHA-256: 75c3e5583ef118a4323a3f07dd737e042f703083fa676595d7f6273117b8f4fc
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an XFA form that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader, a known vulnerability for client-side code execution. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is associated with XFA templates and could be a lure or part of the exploit 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/