Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a01cb72110dc648c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB
MD5: 637f2d1bc9da16b1c22e20c1dae560ad SHA-1: cae1b1996ccec90ebfd6b744d226a69a230a137c SHA-256: a01cb72110dc648c95db68c7ad7622b5fa3d490c00c109a81b6759119491d0b0
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is part of the XFA template structure and likely related to the exploit delivery mechanism. 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.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • 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/