Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c797bb836a4adfa7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB
MD5: 199fe09df88c40337fc4d3648c957c45 SHA-1: 5717709c40eea6f5a381a1049695381f89bdfc2b SHA-256: c797bb836a4adfa7db3752e0c62cf276eb6e2afaa1e9d1a18b07e0858e766544
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, indicating it is designed to execute arbitrary code when opened in a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template used in the exploit. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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/

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