Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be59aa4f8a27aba2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 875e2ef20bedf2b7ff5ee0b61d637778 SHA-1: cc70cc0f0dc8ac460e80a67a035ae3ba12cdf28a SHA-256: be59aa4f8a27aba2cfa5b673023caf09472bd2b5b4acc95e9d2384b2e9d6bb32
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking: Component Object Model Hijacking

The sample is a PDF file that utilizes XFA forms, triggering critical heuristics for CVE-2010-0188, an Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious, is associated with XFA templates. The exploit likely leads to the execution of a secondary payload.

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/