Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f72f94bbb5a51f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.2 KB
MD5: 15ee3f7f382348af7dc9bad1ab1a13e3 SHA-1: 0d9d7115764f99929c8f79dc008f8d0511a5ecfd SHA-256: 9f72f94bbb5a51f8391fb6b41328bae641fc3c5d07a83e20cbbc476016272907
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1566 Phishing T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is a PDF document that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The XFA form structure is indicative of exploit delivery. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is associated with XFA templates and likely serves as a lure or part of the exploit chain. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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-36826 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36826
  • 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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