Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9d5dfc2dc02cd00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB
MD5: 7cedeed3ec05e538348b42024ba591fd SHA-1: 8fb67ee2473a7f8a2a0c01bf8a72ebe5b2c5b7b6 SHA-256: e9d5dfc2dc02cd001aa836a4686b7c12f9229a5ded16d405e6893d1c42dc8d3a
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) content, which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic firing indicates exploitation of a LibTIFF vulnerability within Adobe Reader's XFA processing. This exploit likely leads to the execution of a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821'. The embedded URL is likely related to the exploit infrastructure.

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/