Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d50cc58a8a6f05db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: 43b922a51d71aa75a150981849981466 SHA-1: 9d7625a50c3a2fc1b527319549bdcbc35f82d292 SHA-256: d50cc58a8a6f05dbba54c1f62c09a2691a5a54c5dc00125162a190a8398d1221
248 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The PDF file contains an XFA form which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates exploitation of a LibTIFF vulnerability within Adobe Reader. An embedded script was also detected, suggesting the XFA form is used to execute malicious code. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template but is not directly indicative of malicious activity.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • XFA form contains executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose dataset contains a <script> or <xfa:script> block — XFA scripting has been the exploit primitive for several Adobe Reader RCEs (CVE-2010-0188 family, CVE-2018-4901, and others). Plain XFA without scripts is far less risky.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • 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/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000374.bin
bc9d0ae8451a065de917e3ef764cc8e8d4611733b9a4de142953648dcbf85b09
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x374 12240 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36756
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely