Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0325cc28615c3b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: cdce508b87b13ca72ef7c88b605235c4 SHA-1: af29d59b6dc04db192b5273493b6eed09e08233e SHA-256: a0325cc28615c3b246f3e5a1992aa8fe84dd29bb2f8dad407e1d9085b4c448f5
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's XFA forms. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its direct malicious function is not clear from the provided data.

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/