Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e39ead2def525ada…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: ffb11831bf98d301b9f193a909e488b0 SHA-1: e9533611ce4384e18a9fc3d5534a97eca5e9cd4c SHA-256: e39ead2def525adaf4210cbb643c0bbd5e699083ba723aa8236015f5fcbfb07f
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is a PDF document that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's XFA forms. ClamAV also identified it as Js.Exploit.HTML-30, indicating JavaScript-based exploitation. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but the primary malicious activity is the exploit itself, which aims to download and execute further malicious content.

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: Js.Exploit.HTML-30 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-30
  • 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/