Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ead0fbe106e87159…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.5 KB
MD5: 4d20093e92d59414747bb162b31f2dcf SHA-1: 468e41999adfda67c237e90ad58d34c01182b707 SHA-256: ead0fbe106e8715909876d213b87441ea6591063aef9f81e4692060e371599af
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an embedded XFA form, which is known to be vulnerable to exploitation. Specifically, the 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristic indicates exploitation of the LibTIFF vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its exact purpose is unclear without further analysis. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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/