Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a278679de859ca7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 605e9ea6b5dc77748415d25b4a94da20 SHA-1: dfaf74f06f7b5f98fde5cced08d3f233d6e78046 SHA-256: a278679de859ca7c3b966c5cc799819771a4a3e0a5ae55bae41fa4005c3b943e
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. This exploit allows for arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a lure.

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/