Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5d3ca8f4adc7cf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.7 KB Created: 2012-12-11 17:01:31 Authoring application: pgvdttsdhcgam (via waymhnpjmjprfv)
MD5: d0f5ea5e637799cef8c8a9707bdc367d SHA-1: ac60a8f468e99c443fd9cd415cd2ec25037a94c8 SHA-256: b5d3ca8f4adc7cf78ed1850f9ee61743de0a06bfe5050b0776e706a0c537088a
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. A deobfuscated JavaScript file was extracted, which likely contains the malicious payload. The script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload, indicated by the heuristic 'Suspicious extracted artifact — Signals: Long encoded blob, Script obfuscation indicators'.

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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
f5fada8101d0364117b2454492c05b64911df9d040cddf613d50212da6228859
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x12A2 10740 bytes
stream_011_off000041c0.bin
392d4f07be91edcc9359ef94bc01fc8fbd40fa048af13b58bb9eb28874772ed6
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x41C0 209 bytes
xfa_metadata_stage_000.js
1dc7a76c19e3172c84356c006d9c6cbedf61c0e008d7cccf9b54b5b6ae0dc563
deobfuscated-js XFA /Title hex-XOR decoded JavaScript (raw, key=vanrxtsLKSR) at offset 0x5353 4114 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).