Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9df511a7b51f1095…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 3d6fdf5382cfbd4e3928ea77500fb312 SHA-1: 716623a9ef84b8d36a2f2f06942246eb04f3a02e SHA-256: 9df511a7b51f1095325db687ec521159e6efcd7fc674a82faf4561846f61ce9d
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component via an XFA form. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a secondary payload 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/