Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e669a84fa5cbe8e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.2 KB
MD5: ce496d7dbdd10564917cf9daf4af3926 SHA-1: 44beb372b0b2d735a143f2911f94e090ec358f4a SHA-256: e669a84fa5cbe8e9db2747592f20a4548c165f7e6d130ec4bcd57a84af62089e
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.001 Malicious Link: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains an XFA form which is exploited via CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. ClamAV detection as Js.Exploit.HTML-30 and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is associated with XFA templates and likely part of the exploit chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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/