Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2123ddb06c167fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.4 KB
MD5: 45b2338006c1ce83a5ac03176f451a22 SHA-1: 56df14853922fb9b4c20f0c347232c4c832a4aed SHA-256: b2123ddb06c167fbe29a839c277e9d4a025cc8610eff508bd91412a324d89816
268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) content, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic indicates an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component via XFA numeric JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript file, 'xfa_numeric_stage_000.js', is identified by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.HTML-30 and a suspicious extracted artifact, suggesting it's a stager for further malicious activity. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA schema but could also be a lure.

Heuristics 7

  • 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: Js.Exploit.HTML-30 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-30
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • XFA numeric JavaScript stager high PDF_XFA_NUMERIC_JS_STAGER
    PDF XFA script reconstructs a hidden JavaScript stage from numeric field data or a character table, then evals the result. The decoder is gated on XFA script, numeric staging, and recovered exploit-like JavaScript or shellcode markers.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
xfa_numeric_stage_000.js
bdfdff0ab512690c29091f8b922574e9b8dce4ba1826844f3dc4a7d904c613cd
deobfuscated-js XFA rawValue numeric decoded JavaScript (raw) at offset 0x3F0 3735 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).