Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eac4b17ca1f155e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.0 KB
MD5: 303a2c424c538c807f4d1e57b8dec584 SHA-1: 1b308f5c17a6eba6e584e0fd318af3dd56421e25 SHA-256: eac4b17ca1f155e44f065d230fa4ab4eaf5ee94be57afdf7383bd33bdccf84bb
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file exploits the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability in Adobe Reader's handling of XFA forms. A deobfuscated JavaScript file, xfa_base26_stage_000.js, was extracted, indicating the likely execution of a malicious script. This script is responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for initial compromise.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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-locale-set/2.1/

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0xEED 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0xF9F 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0095.bin
645a5fcc21d12c530bd5aedc02addf9efc7deb63531a9d8853a5a5a769e3f8eb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 95 at offset 0x11B8 13019 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2774 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2821 77 bytes
xfa_base26_stage_000.js
8d18ab289d49cfbfa1015046cd665a71c50e11b39e0cb142258f08111c0e40ea
deobfuscated-js XFA base-26 decoded JavaScript (decompressed) at offset 0x1726 4380 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).