Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e22bc550b3983af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 8be99b7109091eb0b1e79244339acb2c SHA-1: c6989666d90536524a09ebf241eaa83479530763 SHA-256: 9e22bc550b3983afa9c8fbc944a8e39626977086973d6df5faed0902f360bb81
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. ClamAV also detected it as Js.Exploit.HTML-30, indicating embedded JavaScript exploit code. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain. The XFA form structure and the exploit detection strongly suggest an attempt to gain initial code execution on a vulnerable system.

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: Js.Exploit.HTML-30 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-30
  • 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/