Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cbcf5713f8d74da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: bedc54726ffd97cb29f9478ee0d6178c SHA-1: c59438bf6d56d4c33a26d5e18c01ce803e63bed6 SHA-256: 9cbcf5713f8d74da35995e90cdf3c9c0f62d6ad709e6615e7650f28acc0a3809
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's XFA functionality. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a lure.

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/