Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93cafe93ff28b9c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: e8bc7d23bde545bec752b8ab6674f52a SHA-1: 7b87b2debc9be113599a137f98731213cdeb0dfb SHA-256: 93cafe93ff28b9c4d6dcafc72a96ca9954d0cb1ab3c7b4bc91ca7d076818a78d
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The sample is a PDF file that utilizes XFA forms and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing within XFA content. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code. ClamAV also detected the file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821, confirming its malicious nature. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA template structure and likely related to the exploit's delivery mechanism.

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/