PDF malware analysis — malicious · eb0d034733f3777d

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.6 KB

MD5: 9b017931589e992c3cb50042c943278c SHA-1: 8deeafc8bf1d774c05744837d9d170f769319165 SHA-256: eb0d034733f3777dd01da429d691db0ee14640360002e243fe769c15f7151578

174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious PDF T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF sample contains heuristics indicating it exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to XFA forms. The ML classifier strongly flagged this as malicious. The embedded script payload and XFA form with executable script further support the exploit attempt. The primary attack vector is likely a phishing email containing this malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

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.
XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT

PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
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
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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0041.bin` `c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0xE8A	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0xF3C	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0111.bin` `2385fdf73add7dc141537f490bf52cad09e61b3e45a4a4ddaba2383ba22d4bca`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 111 at offset 0x1156	60422 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2116	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x21C3	77 bytes

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.