Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 840bfb23613b3d93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: 19f9dee560d89946fcaded09a991cd07 SHA-1: f02e16f4f1c66511a9eea690cbb6589d8f9df377 SHA-256: 840bfb23613b3d9386d07dda944fcf90c7bf6f817bff4fd6dc7727afbace3bd8
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The embedded script, when executed, is designed to download and run a second-stage payload. 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_00000359.bin
29dd5a5c78fc5a47640d66bdcf6fac77f4c92bcfe7c1d39c19828efbdff6df4d
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 12243 bytes