PDF malware analysis — malicious · 7b77ea33f55e1781

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.1 KB

MD5: f2cbb801b91d6c61fe9504f6a8f22610 SHA-1: b4fc067af061eba3a5f0cb8b5f994b17dc59dd1a SHA-256: 7b77ea33f55e1781282b8bd7ddff736647fc0cac513c861042fec3e31d0d4fc4

134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1204.001 Malicious File: Malicious Link T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF sample contains an embedded exploit targeting CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a lure. No scripts were extracted, but the exploit itself suggests the primary goal is to compromise the user's system, likely for further payload delivery.

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 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 script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
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
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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0041.bin` `c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0xCF3	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0xDA5	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0111.bin` `04f245421ff61387646e5258273b4ef32136c7e35541d05f41da6787f1ff2309`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 111 at offset 0xFBF	57262 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x1F0C	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x1FB9	77 bytes

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