Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b6d949f880cc2a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 2ec45fd2bc422ed517c827557bb6f2f6 SHA-1: fe9b12081733e45a87c3ba43162a3d2f1d62af96 SHA-256: 8b6d949f880cc2a321fc1d2a7a6c36e56feb8a61ad7f04c2778a3aee6f304459
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, as indicated by the critical heuristic firing. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA template structure and could be used in conjunction with the exploit.

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-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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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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