Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d269709aef2446fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB
MD5: 88b03202ab5191de51081efe4cfef868 SHA-1: f356eb31669be40adf7421afbf025947249762b8 SHA-256: d269709aef2446fb7689dba5871366638cc49f6d1e3430f408a22b6d0a95c8fd
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is likely part of the exploit chain. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78' further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • 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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