Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9e63220e204a4c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: c89399517df26e5806a5d8461ab85219 SHA-1: 82414b32db3e4b8666f2f93dbf18a962064b4bbe SHA-256: e9e63220e204a4c763b35823f6dbfa2e49c4a00ed346d2e76fffcea16993548a
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form which is leveraged by the CVE-2010-0188 exploit. This exploit targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA content, leading to the execution of a malicious payload. ClamAV also identified this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821, further confirming its malicious nature.

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/