Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4a07b5bfd53fcae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: a700fa7a4f5f2c74f8be9c5397b7c9ed SHA-1: 8dd6d827042cfa73c4b351d2dee0c22407d15ac4 SHA-256: c4a07b5bfd53fcae814276c2cae78bc1aeb1fce93caa07d5792c1c22f1ec9786
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form and exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This exploit is used to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its direct maliciousness is not confirmed by the provided evidence.

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/