Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a93aaafb6365805b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 19496065935d8cc7dbc4c88130fc304c SHA-1: 411d83c616897185c57d7e53609d0978b8a31f07 SHA-256: a93aaafb6365805b207d74e02e11f68c69b0ec4a2cd1119b7dc94d8454a0a21c
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. This exploit is used to deliver a malicious payload, as indicated by ClamAV detection. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a command and control beacon.

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/