Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2fa4a63bf09ce10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 0167fffbddbb9755072eb5e509e546be SHA-1: 7dd0ead6e279a978fbd756919f28852d60d2f6f6 SHA-256: d2fa4a63bf09ce106ec022637fc8959ea006c84201c5f610efc856bc0016bbdb
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV, specifically detecting 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821'. Static analysis reveals the presence of an XFA form and a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, indicating exploitation of Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is part of the XFA template structure. The primary attack vector is the exploitation of CVE-2010-0188 through the XFA form, likely to execute a secondary payload.

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/