Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea09d1f5e013cabd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.2 KB
MD5: 8564240fe90b4d50543832d812b79f12 SHA-1: 61d5b10683159faf924ed6a0d29194a65d6cfdf8 SHA-256: ea09d1f5e013cabdb2d411eb08b44fa6a667ba625e1056322793bfe4b47cb258
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an XFA form and exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of LibTIFF images within XFA forms. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36826, confirming its malicious nature. The embedded URL, while likely benign in this context, is noted as part of the document structure.

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-36826 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36826
  • 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/