Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aebe66dfd4fb354f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: aa30ea76df0cef4db21b89ccb15b3441 SHA-1: a061d7d4f0b4043f04d8a791b8961b92c52cba77 SHA-256: aebe66dfd4fb354f904fa0f4a75a252fbaf5fcd20bb099b80f8b388a7295c269
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form, which is being exploited via CVE-2010-0188. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms, specifically related to LibTIFF processing. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but the primary malicious activity is the exploitation of the CVE. 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.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/