Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ad01ba05690c3a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: d0a1109bfc5b8043326ec7e717daaf65 SHA-1: fc419835d03d948d1f5a58a3acf525889e695045 SHA-256: 9ad01ba05690c3a02553967c7f16aa7608b62689c063f8a4efd397b8579c2da8
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1566 Phishing T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV, specifically detecting an exploit for CVE-2010-0188. This exploit targets Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms. The embedded URL, though seemingly benign, is associated with XFA templates and likely serves as a lure or part of the exploit chain. The document body contains obfuscated JavaScript, which is typical for exploit delivery mechanisms.

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/