Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b71f153fa92c1e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.6 KB
MD5: a3b8fb7e19e328c50d469111138a309c SHA-1: 2ccd4d6e0327ef4b5c20a001ed7f2b6e728f5191 SHA-256: 7b71f153fa92c1e61ba376e780441346c61b7f7cad2925771ede3e6adf3f08fd
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, an Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit. The deobfuscated JavaScript indicates an attempt to exploit this vulnerability for code execution. While the scan was incomplete, the presence of the exploit and the embedded URL suggest a malicious intent to download and execute further stages.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • Scan did not complete info SCAN_INCOMPLETE
    PDF JavaScript deobfuscation worker failed (worker exit 1); obfuscated JavaScript was not fully inspected.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited 1. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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-locale-set/2.1/

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x109C 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x114E 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0063.bin
31a62bbc397133b0855f66ae54affdc04553bc737200f889860549825933f7ea
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 63 at offset 0x1367 8290 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2347 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x23F4 77 bytes
deobfuscated.js
dba3c90c8bb252786fb5cd5700e10bbc4098e3bbf4d182396cdfe2c821c82e47
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 14089 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).