Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9605376062f9314e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB
MD5: 5eeabb976c7ecdd35cb8e61984fef74f SHA-1: f74b16904aff9f9e7e18c9d9dad7c8e387f67308 SHA-256: 9605376062f9314e601648df30c795a4dfc59832f69cfd37a6ba8061ff019217
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that triggers critical heuristics for CVE-2010-0188, an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms and LibTIFF. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable reader. The embedded URL, while likely benign in context, is noted as part of the document structure.

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/