Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1745b9b1217a162…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB
MD5: 237d6b8fee6add962bfcff28626e04b3 SHA-1: 698caae781e6479f7262600d0628baa7928546b5 SHA-256: b1745b9b1217a162067caec9d81144e4e6d78139bf77b901c1daf2452979b525
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV. Static analysis detected an XFA form and a critical vulnerability (CVE-2010-0188) related to LibTIFF exploitation within the XFA payload. This indicates the file is designed to exploit Adobe Reader to execute arbitrary code. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA template structure and may be used in conjunction with the exploit.

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/