Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e86c891a80220d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: fce03fec3ac5777a6ebb0ae47f73d8ba SHA-1: c7d61b733c50cdc3290d91a3c807d98f81991c53 SHA-256: 9e86c891a80220d5dbc857efbc7986be219327f554e3ab7d02b1e1dd39014792
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an embedded XFA form, which is a known vector for exploiting vulnerabilities. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates exploitation of Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening the document, likely leading to further malicious activity.

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/

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