Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ad015a18a0e2edf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 8354a6e04be134dc8628e5430c68ffc3 SHA-1: f0d646de1802560d86b95ffc738151b9e067aed3 SHA-256: 9ad015a18a0e2edfeb9529b297fd814da5075ad10be3eee565f0f4218b3dbd51
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to be used for arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template used in the exploit. No scripts were extracted, and the document body content is obfuscated and does not provide further clues.

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/