Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e922d9a320e5e90d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.4 KB
MD5: ccd8ce36f55f4f0ef4e8fe853dd1f472 SHA-1: 90debaddd74ebb22775c84396103026738dd87e8 SHA-256: e922d9a320e5e90d8b9d13e13a294a30d934e9af2dbd646ecdb998fda020ddc9
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Critical heuristics indicate a CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's LibTIFF component. Additionally, ClamAV detected it as Js.Exploit.HTML-30, suggesting embedded JavaScript used for exploitation. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA schema, but the primary threat stems from the exploit.

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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/