Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3730e302a191e5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.7 KB
MD5: b62a6e5ea59ce35a7879966fe680f9c3 SHA-1: df63598c7936cd498d8e1cc3cf8dd739bbd3d26f SHA-256: e3730e302a191e5aaebe71f80d6a644fd638f281a16209546ca0512335d1fcac
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution - Malicious File

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates exploitation of a vulnerability in LibTIFF within Adobe Reader. The embedded URL, while not directly malicious in reputation, is part of the XFA template structure. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

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/