PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8c7f2ce026b53259

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.9 KB

MD5: 0c5b8b232c8f6f0e391d04622d4b2980 SHA-1: 0f5c1f6b282d0d7ad997eeded451eda8d4b61feb SHA-256: 8c7f2ce026b53259fe523a4d0e2a83ebbff706292782132fe9025f4fe3429e56

260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 JavaScript

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) data which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates exploitation of a LibTIFF vulnerability within Adobe Reader. A JavaScript stager was extracted and deobfuscated, which likely serves to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template but may also be used in the exploit chain.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

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.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
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.
XFA numeric JavaScript stager high PDF_XFA_NUMERIC_JS_STAGER

PDF XFA script reconstructs a hidden JavaScript stage from numeric field data or a character table, then evals the result. The decoder is gated on XFA script, numeric staging, and recovered exploit-like JavaScript or shellcode markers.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
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
`xfa_numeric_stage_000.js` `ed999547715587a43e35a4344f9e17c8d1af05e7f3bb1cefc64051a361721be9`	deobfuscated-js	XFA split character-table decoded JavaScript (raw) at offset 0x320	3794 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).

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