Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1ed50573995df5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.6 KB
MD5: 3c544d97e5b27fb2c19cc1157bc8366b SHA-1: 4aaf7081c169ad93b874d15d4cf5824e66869589 SHA-256: c1ed50573995df5eed5ad2e2c65c12a0da251bce9f03448ea3b019bcaa457fce
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains XFA form data, which is exploited by CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the exploit's structure. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • 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/

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