Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dea3c0c3c003aae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB
MD5: dfba11ff10c670f339ecbd8b29b15879 SHA-1: 2aa4b2d1656e4622d8c7c45de8972064e58abf9b SHA-256: 7dea3c0c3c003aae3d27948628bf674fb59093f1c9f07e9ab5370114e57b6265
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains an embedded XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit is known to target Adobe Reader and is used for client-side execution. The embedded script, though truncated, appears to be JavaScript and likely contributes to the exploitation process. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_0000034e.bin
ad2a5875cf7e49e25445494136c2124ed6348385bb348d13c9e44bbbcc8f84ec
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x34E 75262 bytes