Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d10e86b6a8ccc17b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 084dfc2c7a31329777d33500c0f419f8 SHA-1: 3351118452a3a152eddbcdea232e7edff30e5102 SHA-256: d10e86b6a8ccc17b7588eaf900a5908b063dbbd1db6f12c41cd432129eec337c
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that triggers critical heuristics for CVE-2010-0188, an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's XFA form processing and LibTIFF component. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening in a vulnerable reader. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA template structure and could potentially be used in a broader attack chain.

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/