PDF malware analysis — malicious · 7cefaf0fe936ae44

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB

MD5: bf9c2c425db7a9d9c38361448b54dc76 SHA-1: 8438ce256a60f59e5b6f956e5c1433684c40846c SHA-256: 7cefaf0fe936ae4462430ac0c88a395b82151a807078d55b86ef7773c39df083

228 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader, as indicated by the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic. The embedded XFA form and script payload suggest an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The ML classifier and ClamAV detections further confirm its malicious nature. The embedded script, though heavily obfuscated, likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
Embedded script payload in PDF stream low 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 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/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_pdf_script_00000374.bin` `258b366dd5d215d0161a9dc7f7003a39c96f9d0cbdac2a5b69474d35214fa38c`	pdf-embedded-script	PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x374	12240 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36756 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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