Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c846e2b9149a8765…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB
MD5: 82263916809fa4454cf596d46ccb45cb SHA-1: 67e819beaeb7af8cfc741147d98e021dbb3aaf54 SHA-256: c846e2b9149a8765e2a0b515c2ddf15350021252deb1d9d3b2db8e854c208cdb
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821). Static analysis detected the use of XFA forms and specifically the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA template structure and likely used in the exploit chain. The document body contains obfuscated JavaScript-like code, further indicating malicious intent.

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/