Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8a6555945189219…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: d2863255fe62b2d07a55eec15f032b3d SHA-1: 81520ca3fa9d8776291720586ba09baf4fbefd70 SHA-256: b8a6555945189219379437a50782c1f5cac51f198d10917880cc4a30815bd172
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Clickjacking

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV, specifically flagging the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's XFA forms. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is associated with XFA templates and likely part of the exploit chain. The XFA structure itself is a common vector for exploiting vulnerabilities in PDF viewers.

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/