Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7828175af7541d9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: a1a2172eda2d182534400a66baa1ce24 SHA-1: c97160e62454e4c64b06edb69231be1e19732df3 SHA-256: 7828175af7541d9de6ee7ae8228d51adf1ac8591023d892f0d22fe29ee247e11
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains an embedded XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, which targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The exploit likely facilitates the execution of a secondary payload, as suggested by the suspicious extracted artifact 'stream_000_off000001e9.bin'.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188
    PDF contains XFA image data with an inline crafted TIFF payload and shellcode/delivery markers. This is the data-bound variant of the CVE-2010-0188 Adobe Reader LibTIFF/XFA exploit shape.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-24104 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-24104
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.4/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xtd/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-form/2.8/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001e9.bin
fcfc184d4927c6af65c5dded7912a4c1475a9e8181b3d6becef4a07b13c5e0b8
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1E9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).