Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da9176b935a1d970…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.2 KB
MD5: fbc86f8228c9ca8efd467d00e9d1525e SHA-1: a3909ecd987385411e131e662e15e97387f55b37 SHA-256: da9176b935a1d970dfba7df3952ef5d3a945f28aa7fe871874a5256e2ae03f6b
232 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) data, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Heuristics indicate a critical vulnerability (CVE-2010-0188) related to LibTIFF and XFA exploitation. A JavaScript stager was recovered, which is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. ClamAV detections further support the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 8

  • 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: Js.Exploit.HTML-30 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-30
  • 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.
  • XFA numeric JavaScript stager high PDF_XFA_NUMERIC_JS_STAGER
    PDF XFA script reconstructs a hidden JavaScript stage from numeric field data or a character table, then evals the result. The decoder is gated on XFA script, numeric staging, and recovered exploit-like JavaScript or shellcode markers.
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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
xfa_numeric_stage_000.js
c1881be8c05e312d0e0a29341796a4dfa59a747c71b6636a1bea9874b4752164		 deobfuscated-js XFA replacement character-table decoded JavaScript (raw) at offset 0x30C 3727 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).

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