Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c774db563362f505…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: 9932472ee5a39f0786ef48a665fa1fd7 SHA-1: 016a2b71722137e218256e1a57dc3f96679ab343 SHA-256: c774db563362f5058df6cbcde577a0a938009be30c42c563e4a760e77f826803
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is part of the XFA template structure and could be a vector for further compromise.

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/