Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e65f0b50068970bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: 6f71413c5d156c82088d076831f28797 SHA-1: d444ed055b2c611b0e4461dd332dbabeb1c2b030 SHA-256: e65f0b50068970bde4885265af1b008d2c66f5eee37f736ef0fe1c1d2e6a807a
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form, which is a known vector for exploitation. Static analysis identified a critical heuristic match for CVE-2010-0188, an Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit. This indicates the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template but does not appear to be a direct payload delivery mechanism.

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-36821 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821
  • 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/