Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd94a6a51ae7418d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.2 KB
MD5: d59607b31815008e61db86239b6ef9ec SHA-1: e46d6d2d9c46e202a6a867ecfd5d4447691387a2 SHA-256: dd94a6a51ae7418d5b33a9f5f30063855d346a9c3360e7b609ea815e4fb1f743
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains embedded XFA (XML Forms Architecture) data, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates exploitation of a LibTIFF vulnerability within Adobe Reader's XFA processing. This exploit likely leads to arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA structure and could be involved in the exploit 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-36826 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36826
  • 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/