Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba1ae3ffed046061…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 1570d162e4d97c92c34fa4b55912191a SHA-1: 41eade92d44251fb5ce1cbb3a3d3bf19ac28043e SHA-256: ba1ae3ffed0460612eb6a84cc9219bac0cfe90a7d6fc36b5a4737a70fba72efc
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1204.001 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious PDF

The sample is a PDF document that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The XFA form structure is indicative of exploit delivery. ClamAV also detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821, confirming its malicious nature. The embedded URL is likely related to the exploit's functionality.

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/