Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f65ca21e5baaf4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: ab023636998eae162ee4d84e098b8c64 SHA-1: af770176d5f1e05a4ba3e0c61afcc0ab3aeb4cd4 SHA-256: 7f65ca21e5baaf4f07e880d3b8972d5db1834d533b06516ec25048a5a830ae5b
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form, which is a known vector for exploitation. Static analysis identified a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, an Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. The embedded URL, while benign in reputation, is associated with XFA templates and likely part of the exploit chain.

Heuristics 4

  • 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-36821 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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/

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