Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e36e1a54efaacf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 80c9b6f11062a249f12946f95f0d8366 SHA-1: 238004ab74a89c55a1f6bee34d955026e3293bd1 SHA-256: 8e36e1a54efaacf60448dc2ab4a202292691d0b19fccd1117594dd92aeb59a4c
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-0188 indicates that this PDF document exploits a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The presence of an XFA form further supports this, as XFA exploits often target these structures. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is associated with XFA templates and likely part of the exploit chain. The ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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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