Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6675b444d678894…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 60ab1548cb6aaf6746e252f1fd41c885 SHA-1: caa02272fb940e602039d33309eb6c5975da8eae SHA-256: c6675b444d678894b9939b47e84d40fc64e5220c69525320bddbf5b4eee0f30e
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's XFA forms. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain or a lure. The obfuscated document body contains VBA-like syntax, suggesting script execution within the PDF to facilitate the exploit.

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.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
  • 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/