Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2e0daafdfff9965…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 685bb7f2b91febf360c2f470a77f1b78 SHA-1: c5339c654a1886390b541f6b75d8de90348fbcb5 SHA-256: a2e0daafdfff996543de1c2b9174e735461c332f8f98bac1da95c0b401a949dc
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV. Static analysis detected the use of XFA forms and a critical vulnerability, CVE-2010-0188, which is known to be exploited via Adobe Reader. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is part of the XFA template structure. The exploit targets the LibTIFF component within Adobe Reader, indicating a client-side execution attack.

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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/