PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8af6601ba33055d6

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB

MD5: bb12f4d5c588f92f29903b05bf03def0 SHA-1: 82a031c8a0e9ff2ca7fc6a658a122a6e71befed1 SHA-256: 8af6601ba33055d64cd0d60c328f9a25219b9154312221635060409369e5ac4f

272 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF file contains an XFA form that triggers an embedded JavaScript payload. This script is designed to exploit the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader, which is a critical vulnerability related to the LibTIFF library. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection on an extracted JavaScript artifact. The presence of the XFA form and the specific exploit heuristic strongly suggest this attack vector.

Heuristics 10

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.
XFA form contains executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT

PDF embeds an XFA form whose dataset contains a <script> or <xfa:script> block — XFA scripting has been the exploit primitive for several Adobe Reader RCEs (CVE-2010-0188 family, CVE-2018-4901, and others). Plain XFA without scripts is far less risky.
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.
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.
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_pdf_script_00000374.bin` `19db2963210235f5aa826fc0218a6cca799f8278658be1ffaa8d166286187384`	pdf-embedded-script	PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x374	12177 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-28 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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